Identification of the rat adrenal zona fasciculata/reticularis specific protein, inner zone antigen (IZAg), as the putative membrane progesterone receptor

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 268, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 2141-2147

  Raza, Farah S ^a   Takemori, Hiroshi ^b   Tojo, Hiromasa ^b   Okamoto, Mitsuhiro ^b   Vinson, Gavin P ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Fasciculata; Inner zone antigen; Putative progesterone membrane receptor; Reticularis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ANTIGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; INNER ZONE ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN; RNA; STEROID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY AFFINITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE FUSION; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROID HYDROXYLATION; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ZONA FASCICULATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ZONA FASCICULATA;

EID: 0034856523     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.2001.02096.x     Document Type: Article

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