Testosterone alters testis function through regulation of piRNA expression in rats

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6729-6735

  Kang, Hyo Jin ^a   Moon, Min Jung ^a   Lee, Hye Young ^a   Han, Sang Won ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ago3; piRNA; PIWI; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ARGONAUTE 3 PROTEIN; ARGONAUTE PROTEIN; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PIWI PROTEIN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; SMALL INTERFERING RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; ARGONAUTE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MALE; RATS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84925377577     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-014-3558-y     Document Type: Article

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