Immunohistochemical study of 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/δ5-δ4 isomerase in the rat cardiovascular system

Archives of Histology and Cytology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 297-303

  Oh, Seon Hee ^a   Oh, Jae Min ^a   Kim, Jeong Joong ^a   Choi, Min Kyu ^a   Park, Seung Taeck ^a   Park, Ock Kyu ^a   Chung, Yeun Tai ^a  

^a Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ISOMERASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE; 3 BETA HYDROXYSTEROID OXIDOREDUCTASE DELTA(5) 3 KETOSTEROID ISOMERASE; 3 BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID OXIDOREDUCTASE-DELTA(5) 3-KETOSTEROID ISOMERASE; 3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; STEROID DELTA ISOMERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; RABBIT; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROGESTERONE REDUCTASE; RABBITS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEROID ISOMERASES;

EID: 0032177380     PISSN: 09149465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1679/aohc.61.297     Document Type: Article

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