Developmental expression of the peripheral-type benzodiazepine receptor and the advent of steroidogenesis in rat adrenal glands

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 859-864

  Zilz, Alexandra ^a   Li, Hua ^b   Castello, Rosa ^a   Papadopoulos, Vassilios ^b   Widmaier, Eric P ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGAND BINDING; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0032954039     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.2.6475     Document Type: Article

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