Comparative binding affinity study of progestins to the cytosol progestin receptor of endometrium in different mammals

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 118-124

  Jewgenow, K ^a   Meyer, H H D ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR ZOO AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Physiologie   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 reduced progestins; Antiprogestins; Dihydroprogesterone; Progestin receptor

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CATTLE; GOAT; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORSE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE RELEASE; SWINE;

EID: 0031901247     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.7054     Document Type: Article

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