The parturition defect in steroid 5α-reductase type 1 knockout mice is due to impaired cervical ripening

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 981-992

  Mahendroo, Mala S ^a   Porter, Amina ^b   Russell, David W ^a   Word, R Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGESTAGEN; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LUTEOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; UTERINE CERVIX RIPENING; UTERUS CONTRACTION;

EID: 0033305022     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.13.6.0307     Document Type: Article

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