Expression of CYP19 (aromatase) mRNA in different areas of the human brain

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 4-6, 1999, Pages 237-241

  Stoffel Wagner, Birgit ^a   Watzka, Matthias ^a   Schramm, Johannes ^a   Bidlingmaier, Frank ^a   Klingmüller, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN BIOPSY; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEOCORTEX; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPORAL LOBE;

ADULT; AGING; AROMATASE; BRAIN; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOCORTEX; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RNA, MESSENGER; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0032746272     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(99)00114-4     Document Type: Article

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