Decline in adrenocorticotropin receptor messenger ribonucleic acid expression in the baboon fetal adrenocortical zone in the second half of pregnancy

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1634-1641

  Aberdeen, Graham W ^a   Babischkin, Jeffery S ^a   Davies, William A ^b   Pepe, Gerald J ^b   Albrecht, Eugene D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BABOON; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS LUNG MATURATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0030992215     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.4.5079     Document Type: Article

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