Expression of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein and luteinizing hormone receptor and their regulation by tumor necrosis factor in rat corpora lutea

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 419-427

  Chen, Yi Jun ^a   Feng, Qiang ^a   Liu, Yi Xun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUTEAL CELLS; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION INDUCTION; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; PSEUDOPREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, LH; RNA, MESSENGER; THECA CELLS; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 0032919993     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.2.419     Document Type: Article

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