LOCALIZATION BY IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION OF STEROID 5 alpha-REDUCTASE ISOZYME GENE EXPRESSION IN THE HUMAN PROSTATE AND PREPUTIAL SKIN
- 1 August 1998
- journal article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Urology
- Vol. 160 (2) , 577-582
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s0022-5347(01)62961-6
Abstract
Conclusion It appears that, in two human tissues, the two 5 alpha-reductase isozymes mRNAs are expressed by the same cell types. This new observation should help clarify the physiological role of each type of 5 alpha-reductase isozyme.Keywords
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