Contribution of Leydig and Sertoli cells to testosterone production in mouse fetal testes

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 63-73

  Shima, Yuichi ^a   Miyabayashi, Kanako ^a   Haraguchi, Shogo ^b   Arakawa, Tatsuhiko ^c   Otake, Hiroyuki ^a   Baba, Takashi ^a   Matsuzaki, Sawako ^a   Shishido, Yurina ^a   Akiyama, Haruhiko ^d   Tachibana, Taro ^c   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^b   Morohashi, Ken Ichirou ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^d KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ENHANCED GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; NR5A1 PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LHX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERTOLI CELL; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CELLS, CULTURED; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SERTOLI CELLS; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 84871773637     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2012-1256     Document Type: Article

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