Steroidogenic enzyme expression in porcine conceptuses during and after elongation

Endocrinology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 896-902

  Conley, A J ^a,b   Christensons, R K ^b   Ford, S P ^c   Geisert, R D ^d   Mason, J I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTRADIOL; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN RELEASE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; SWINE;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMAL; AROMATASE; BLASTOCYST; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; GESTATIONAL AGE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RNA; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROIDS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SWINE;

EID: 0026658097     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.131.2.1379167     Document Type: Article

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