Pregnant rat uterus expresses high levels of the type 3 iodothyronine deiodinase

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 979-987

  Galton, Valerie Anne ^a   Martinez, Elena ^a   Hernandez, Arturo ^a   Germain, Emily A St ^a   Bates, Joanne M ^a   Germain, Donald L St ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

THYROXINE DEIODINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INACTIVATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONAL REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA FUNCTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; RECANALIZATION;

EID: 0032901159     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI6073     Document Type: Article

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