Testicular development in mice lacking receptors for follicle stimulating hormone and androgen

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  O'Shaughnessy, Peter J ^a   Monteiro, Ana ^a   Abel, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; KIDNEY TUBULE PRESSURE; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS SIZE; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; PHYSIOLOGY; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MUS; MYOIDA;

ANIMALS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, FSH; SERTOLI CELLS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

EID: 84859723303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0035136     Document Type: Article

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