Nonclassical testosterone signaling: A new pathway controlling spermatogenesis?

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Smith, Lee B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TESTOSTERONE;

CELL ADHESION; CELL MATURATION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; UPREGULATION; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; TESTIS;

HUMANS; MALE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84961202414     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.115.137950     Document Type: Note

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