Identification of androgen receptor variants in testis from humans and other vertebrates

Andrologia

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 187-194

  Laurentino, S S ^a,f   Pinto, P I S ^b   Tomas J ^a   Cavaco, J E ^a   Sousa, M ^c,d   Barros, A ^d,e   Power, D M ^b   Canario A V M ^b   Socorro, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d Center for Reproductive Genetics Alberto Barros   (Portugal)

^e University of Porto   (Portugal)

^f University of MüFCnster   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Androgen receptor; Sparus auratus; Transcripts; Variants

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ANURA; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEART; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA BREAM; TESTIS;

ADULT; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; GENETIC VARIATION; HEART; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY, COMPARATIVE; RATS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEA BREAM; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84876814362     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2012.01333.x     Document Type: Article

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