Preimplantation mouse blastocysts fail to express CYP genes required for estrogen biosynthesis

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 428-436

  Strömstedt, Maria ^a   Keeney, Diane S ^a   Waterman, Michael R ^a   Paria, B C ^b   Conley, Alan J ^c   Dey, S K ^b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase P450; Embryo; implantation; Pig; RT PCR; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

ADRENODOXIN; AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; MOUSE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWINE;

ADRENODOXIN; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLASTOCYST; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP27A1; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NADH, NADPH OXIDOREDUCTASES; NADPH-FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE; OVARY; OXIDOREDUCTASES; PREGNANCY; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROID HYDROXYLASES; SWINE;

EID: 0029892410     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199604)43:4<428::AID-MRD4>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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