Expression of messenger ribonucleic acid encoding steroidogenic enzymes in postmenopausal ovaries

Journal of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-40

  Nagamani, Manubai ^a   Urban, Randall J ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

CYP17; Endometrial cancer; Menopausal ovary; P450 side chain cleavage; P45017 hydroxylase

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME P450; ENZYME; ESTROGEN; LIQUID NITROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PHOSPHORUS 32; RNA; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM HYPERPLASIA; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FREEZING; GENETIC CODE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA EXTRACTION; SAMPLING; STEROIDOGENESIS; STROMA;

AGED; AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; ENDOMETRIAL HYPERPLASIA; ENDOMETRIAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OVARY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 0037222322     PISSN: 10715576     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1071-5576(02)00190-9     Document Type: Article

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