Multiple isoforms of porcine aromatase are encoded by three distinct genes

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 73, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 49-57

  Graddy, L G ^a   Kowalski, A A ^a   Simmen, F A ^a   Davis, S L F ^b   Baumgartner, W W ^c   Simmen, R C M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ISOENZYME;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; SWINE;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PREGNANCY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SWINE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034193162     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(00)00054-6     Document Type: Article

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