The inhibition of androstenedione production in mature thecal cells from the ovary of the domestic hen (Gallus domesticus): Evidence for the involvement of progestins

Steroids

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 214-220

  Woolveridge, Ian ^a,b   Peddie, Margaret J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

androstenedione; C17,20 lyase; chicken theca cells; progesterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; THECA CELL;

EID: 0031081740     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(96)00209-7     Document Type: Article

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