The adrenal genetic puzzle: How do the fetal and adult pieces differ?

Endocrine Research

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 611-622

  Rainey, William E ^a   Parker Jr , C Richard ^b   Rehman, Khurram ^a   Carr, Bruce R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; SOMATOMEDIN B; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE;

ADRENAL FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA MICROARRAY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STEROIDS; STEROLS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 12244281835     PISSN: 07435800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/ERC-120016974     Document Type: Conference Paper

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