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Education

PH.D. Harvard University 

Research

Cell biology of the testis. The shape of bound polysomes.

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Publications

Representative Publications

  • Christensen AK, Mason NR, 1965. Comparative ability of seminiferous tubules and interstitial tissue of rat testes to synthesize androgens from progesterone-4-14C in vitro. Endocrinology 76:646-656.
  • Christensen AK, 1965. The fine structure of testicular interstitial cells in guinea pigs. J Cell Biol 26:911-935.
  • Frank AL, Christensen AK, 1968. Localization of acid phosphatase in lipofuscin granules and possible autophagic vacuoles in interstitial cells of the guinea pig testis. J Cell Biol 36:1-13.
  • Gillim SW, Christensen AK, McLennan CE, 1969. Fine structure of the human menstrual corpus luteum at its stage of maximum secretory activity. Amer J Anat 126:409-427.
  • Palmiter RD, Christensen AK, Schimke RT, 1970. Organization of polysomes from pre-existing ribosomes in chick oviduct by a secondary administration of either estradiol or progesterone. J Biol Chem 245:833-845.
  • Christensen AK, 1971. Frozen thin sections of fresh tissue for electron microscopy, with a description of pancreas and liver. J Cell Biol 51:772-804.
  • Orth J, Christensen AK, 1977. Localization of 125I-labeled FSH in the testes of hypophysectomized rats by autoradiography at the light and electron microscope levels. Endocrinology 101:262-278.
  • Christensen AK, Komorowski TE, Wilson B, Ma S-F, Stevens RW, 1985. The distribution of serum albumin in the rat testis, studied by electron microscope immunocytochemistry on ultrathin frozen sections. Endocrinology 116:1983-1996.
  • Christensen AK, Kahn LE, Bourne CM, 1987. Circular polysomes predominate on the rough endoplasmic reticulum of somatotropes and mammotropes in the rat anterior pituitary. Amer J Anat 178:1-10.
  • Christensen AK, Bourne CM, 1999. Shape of large bound polysomes in cultured fibroblasts and thyroid epithelial cells. Anat Rec 255:116-129.