Expression of genes encoding corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF), type 1 CRF receptor, and CRF-binding protein and localization of the gene products in the human ovary

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 2720-2725

  Asakura, H ^a,b   Zwain, I H ^a   Yen, S S C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Repro Endocrinology and Infertility ^*

^c Clayton Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CODE; GRANULOSA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; CARRIER PROTEINS; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; THECA CELLS;

EID: 0030838450     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.8.2720     Document Type: Article

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