Estrogens: a new player in spermatogenesis.
The mammalian testis serves two main functions: production of spermatozoa and synthesis of steroids; among them, estrogens are the end products obtained from the irreversible transformation of androgens by aromatase. The aromatase is encoded by a single gene (cyp19) in humans which contains 18 exons...
Main Authors: | Camille Bois, HĂŠlene Bouraima, DorothĂŠe Silandre, Serge Carreau, Isabelle Galeraud-Denis, Christelle Delalande |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Via Medica
2008-04-01
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Series: | Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica |
Online Access: | http://czasopisma.viamedica.pl/index.php/fhc/article/view/4469 |
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