Plasma binding proteins as mediators of corticosteroid action in vertebrates

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 99-112

  Breuner, C W ^a   Orchinik, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; TRANSCORTIN;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID BLOOD LEVEL; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; LIZARD; MALE; MEDIATOR; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRESS; VERTEBRATE;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; INTRACELLULAR FLUID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STRESS; TRANSCORTIN; VERTEBRATES;

EID: 0036801275     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1750099     Document Type: Article

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