Catalytic differences between porcine blastocyst and placental aromatase isozymes

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 267, Issue 20, 2000, Pages 6134-6139

  Kao, Y C ^a   Higashiyama, T ^b   Sun, X ^a   Okubo, T ^a   Yarborough, C ^b   Choi, I ^c   Osawa, Y ^b   Simmen, F A ^c   Chen, S ^a  

^a CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HAUPTMAN WOODWARD MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Blastocyst; Enzyme assay; Enzyme expression; Isozymes

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; ISOENZYME; NANDROLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; CATALYSIS; DEMETHYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE;

EID: 0033779746     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2000.01705.x     Document Type: Article

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