Expression of cytochrome P450 17α-hydroxylase/C17-20 lyase in the fetal rat testis is reduced by maternal exposure to exogenous estrogens

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1063-1070

  Majdic, G ^a   Sharpe, R M ^a   O'Shaughnessy, P J ^b   Saunders, P T K ^a,c  

^a MRC Reproductive Biology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 OCTYLPHENOL; CYTOCHROME P450; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; RNA; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; FETUS; LEYDIG CELL; MASCULINITY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE;

EID: 0029927847     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.3.8603575     Document Type: Article

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