Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein expression is decreased in the adrenal gland of the growth-restricted sheep fetus during late gestation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 584-590

  Coulter, Catherine L ^a   McMillen, I Caroline ^a   Bird, Ian M ^a   Salkeld, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenal cortex; Cortisol; Early development; Placenta; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PHOSPHOPROTEIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN TEST; DENSITOMETRY; FETUS; FETUS MATURITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SHEEP; STEROIDOGENESIS; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; METABOLISM; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FETAL GROWTH RETARDATION; FETAL WEIGHT; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP;

EID: 0035992890     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod67.2.584     Document Type: Article

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