Immunohistochemical localization of steroidogenic enzymes and comparison with hormone production during follicle development in the pig

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 337-344

  Shores, Ellen M ^a   Hunter, Morag G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ENZYME; ESTRADIOL; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; STEROIDOGENESIS; SWINE; THECA CELL;

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CELL DIVISION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; SWINE; THECA CELLS;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033363738     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD99085     Document Type: Article

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