Ontogeny of steroidogenic enzyme gene expression in ovarian theca- interstitial cells in the rat: Regulation by a paracrine theca- differentiating factor prior to achieving luteinizing hormone responsiveness

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 938-945

  Gelety, Timothy J ^a,c   Magoffin, Denis A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 17,20 LYASE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THECA CELL;

EID: 0030948117     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod56.4.938     Document Type: Article

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