Implications of progesterone metabolism in MA-10 cells for accurate measurement of the rate of steroidogenesis

Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 5236-5242

  Rommerts, Focko F G ^a   King, Steven R ^b   Span, Paul N ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3ALPHA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; 3BETA HYDROXY 5ALPHA PREGNAN 20 ONE; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; BUCLADESINE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0035213696     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.142.12.8545     Document Type: Article

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