Functional aromatase expression in porcine adrenal gland and testis

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 497-505

  Conley, A J ^a,b   Corbin, C J ^a,b   Hinshelwood, M M ^c   Liu, Z ^c   Simpson, E R ^c   Ford, J J ^d   Harada, N ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

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

^e FUJITA HEALTH UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AROMATASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME P450; ETOMIDATE; FORMESTANE; RNA; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENAL MEDULLA; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FETUS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWINE; TESTIS;

EID: 0030031786     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod54.2.497     Document Type: Article

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