Seasonal changes in the expression of the androgen receptor in the testes of the domestic goose (Anser anser f. domestica)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 179, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-70

  Leska, A ^a   Kiezun, J ^a   Kaminska, B ^a   Dusza, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; AR; Breeding season; GAPDH; Male domestic goose; RIA; T; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANSER ANSER; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE EXPRESSION; GOOSE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MYOID CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR OCCUPANCY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SERTOLI CELL; SOMATIC CELL; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 84865067271     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.07.026     Document Type: Article

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