A putative stimulatory role of progesterone acting via progesterone receptors in the steroidogenic cells of the human corpus luteum

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 655-663

  Ottander, Ulrika ^a   Hosokawa, Kenichi ^a   Liu, Kui ^a   Bergh, Anders ^a   Ny, Tor ^a   Olofsson, Jan I ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; MIFEPRISTONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

FALLOPIA;

EID: 0033998156     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod62.3.655     Document Type: Article

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