Expression of oestrogen receptor isoforms in relation to enzymes of oestrogen synthesis in rat ovary

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 141, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 29-35

  Tetsuka, M ^a   Milne, M ^a   Hillier, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Oestrogen receptor; Ovary; Steroid dehydrogenase

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DOWN REGULATION; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRANULOSA CELL; LUTEINIZATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE MATURATION; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORPUS LUTEUM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FALLOPIAN TUBES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPINS, EQUINE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; UTERUS;

EID: 0032566006     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(98)00101-4     Document Type: Article

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