Partial purification and characterization of two non-FSH steroid- modulating factors in rat thymic epithelial cell-conditioned medium (TCM)

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 155-168

  Uzumcu, Mehmet ^a,d   Brigstock, David R ^b,c   Lin, Young C ^a  

^a Dept of Vet Biosci Coll of V   (United States)

^b Agric Environ Sci   (United States)

^c NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN DERIVATIVE; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID HORMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPITHELIUM CELL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GEL CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRANULOSA CELL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OVARY FUNCTION; PHASE CONTRAST MICROSCOPY; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; RAT STRAIN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SECRETION; STEROIDOGENESIS; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL FACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EPITHELIAL CELLS; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GRANULOSA CELLS; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 0032081178     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0739-7240(98)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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