In vitro expression of androgen and estrogen receptors in prepubertal and adult rat epididymis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 178, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 573-586

  Zaya, Renee ^a   Hennick, Chelsie ^a   Pearl, Christopher A ^a  

^a WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Epididymal culture; Epididymis; Estrogen receptor

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA;

ADULTHOOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS FUNCTION;

EID: 84864796209     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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