Porcine and bovine steroidogenic acute regulatory protein (StAR) gene expression during gestation

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1085-1091

  Pilon, Nicolas ^a   Daneau, Isabelle ^a   Brisson, Chantal ^a   Ethier, Jean François ^a   Lussier, Jacques G ^a   Silversides, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEROIDOGENESIS; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0031053550     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.3.5003     Document Type: Article

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