Expression of steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1) mRNA and protein in the human placenta

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 457-461

  Bamberger, Ana Maria ^a   Ezzat, Shereen ^b   Cao, Bruce ^b   Wong, Margaret ^c   Parker, Keith L ^c   Schulte, Heinrich M ^a   Asa, Sylvia L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

mRNA; Placenta; Protein; Steroidogenic factor 1 (SF 1)

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUSHI TARAZU PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; UTERUS CANCER;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHORIOCARCINOMA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030154679     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/2.6.457     Document Type: Article

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