Expression and distribution of cortical type aromatase mRNA variant in the adult rat brain

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 325-329

  Yamada Mouri, Naoko ^a   Hirata, Shuji ^a   Kato, Junzo ^a,b   Hoshi, Kazuhiko ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO HEISEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; GENE LIBRARY; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030925280     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(96)00222-1     Document Type: Article

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