Distribution of aromatase p450 transcripts and adipose fibroblasts in the human breast

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1273-1277

  Bulun, Serdar E ^a,b   Sharda, Gireesh ^a   Rink, Joanne ^a   Sharma, Sarita ^a   Simpson, Evan R ^a  

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

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE P450; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AROMATASE; BREAST; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; HUMANS; PREMENOPAUSE; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029918463     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.3.1273     Document Type: Article

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