Androgen-dependent synthesis/secretion of caltrin, calcium transport inhibitor protein of mammalian seminal vesicle

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-12

  Novella, M L ^a   Maldonado, C ^a   Aoki, A ^a   Coronel, Carlos E ^a,b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS   (Argentina)

^b NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Caltrin; Secretory proteins; Seminal vesicle

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; CALTRIN; INHIBITOR PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SECRETORY GRANULE; SEMINAL VESICLE; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 79961177325     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/014850199262689     Document Type: Article

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