A premature increase in circulating cortisol suppresses expression of 11β hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 messenger ribonucleic acid in the adrenal of the fetal sheep

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1297-1302

  Ross, J T ^a   McMillen, I C ^a   Adams, M B ^a   Coulter, C L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; METYRAPONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0034094315     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod62.5.1297     Document Type: Article

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