Stimulation of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) gene expression by d-aspartate in rat Leydig cells
β Scribed by Yoshiko Nagata; Hiroshi Homma; Megumi Matsumoto; Kazuhiro Imai
- Book ID
- 117111116
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 696 KB
- Volume
- 454
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0014-5793
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