Steroid hormones and the development of reproductive organs

Sexual Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 2013, Pages 61-79

  Morohashi, K ^a   Baba, T ^a   Tanaka, M ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen; Endocrine regulation; Estrogen; Leydig cell; Nuclear receptor; Ovary; Steroid hormone; Testis

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; GONAD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84871241250     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342272     Document Type: Review

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