Progesterone receptors: Expression and regulation in the mammalian ovary

Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 424-435

  Pinter, Jonathon H ^a   Deep, Charles ^a   Park Sarge, Ok Kyong ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

CELL SPECIFICITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS, LABORATORY; BIOLOGY; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CYTOLOGIC EFFECTS; DECIDUAL CELL REACTION; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; GENITALIA; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HORMONE RECEPTORS; HORMONES; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OVARIAN EFFECTS; OVARY; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROGESTATIONAL HORMONES; PROGESTERONE; REPRODUCTION; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MAMMALS; OVARY; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0029988990     PISSN: 00099201     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003081-199606000-00016     Document Type: Review

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