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Journal of Andrology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 558-564

  Hinton, Barry T ^a   Galdamez, Maureen M ^a   Sutherland, Ann ^a   Bomgardner, Daniela ^a   Xu, Bingfang ^a   Abdel Fattah, Rana ^a   Yang, Ling ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Development; Reproductive tract; Wolffian duct

Indexed keywords

CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL ELONGATION; CELL POLARITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; EPIDIDYMIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCROTUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON MATURATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; EPIDIDYMIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; MALE; MESODERM; MICE; SCROTUM; WOLFFIAN DUCTS;

EID: 80455168340     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.013029     Document Type: Review

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