Table 3

 Mean terminal restriction fragment (TRF) length, evaluated by Southern blot analysis

Cell linesMean TRF length (kb)
Oestradiol (−)Oestradiol (+)†
Values are mean (SD) for 5 rats.
†Final concentration of oestradiol in the supernatant was 10 nM.
Hc-cells10th4.7 (1.8)6.5 (1.2)
20th3.2 (0.8)3.9 (0.6)
30th2.6 (0.2)3.1 (0.4)
h-Nheps10th5.0 (1.4)6.9 (1.1)
20th3.3 (0.6)4.2 (0.8)
30th3.0 (0.4)3.1 (0.5)