Regulation of uterine 5α-reductase type 1 in mice

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1378-1382

  Minjarez, D ^a   Konda, V ^a   Word, R A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Female reproductive tract; Parturition; Pregnancy; Progesterone; Uterus

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MURINAE;

EID: 0034765713     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod65.5.1378     Document Type: Article

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