Expression of 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I and type VI isoforms in the mouse testis during development

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 911-917

  Baker, Paul J ^b   Sha, Jiaho A ^b   McBride, Martin W ^b   Peng, Lihong ^b   Payne, Anita H ^b   O'shaughnessy, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

3 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Development; Leydig; Mouse; Testis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TIME; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN VITRO STUDY; TESTIS;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOENZYMES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

EID: 0033087599     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00245.x     Document Type: Article

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