Mammalian aromatases

Reproduction

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 685-695

  Conley, Alan ^a   Hinshelwood, Margaret ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTROGEN; ISOENZYME; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE FERRIHEMOPROTEIN REDUCTASE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANDROGEN METABOLISM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BONE TISSUE; BRAIN; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC DISORDER; GONAD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MALE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0035006693     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1210685     Document Type: Review

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