Domestic Animal Endocrinology
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 236-242 , November 2009

Chicken folliculo-stellate cells express thyrotropin receptor mRNA

Received 1 April 2009 ,Revised 11 June 2009 ,Accepted 26 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2009.06.003

Domestic Animal Endocrinology
Volume 37, Issue 4 , Pages 236-242 , November 2009

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