Glucocorticoid metabolism and reproduction: A tale of two enzymes

Reproduction

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 425-441

  Michael, Anthony E ^a,b   Thurston, Lisa M ^a,b   Rae, Michael T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VETERINARY COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3ALPHA(OR 20BETA) HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTICOSTERONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOENZYME; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; BREAST CANCER; CELL ACTIVITY; CHILDBIRTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCEPTION; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RETARDATION; LACTATION; LUTEINIZATION; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MAMMARY GLAND; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY CYST; OVARY FOLLICLE FLUID; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SPERMATOZOON; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0242720030     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.0.1260425     Document Type: Review

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