Diethylstilbestrol inhibits the expression of the Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory protein in mouse fetal testis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 220, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 67-75

  Guyot, Romain ^a   Odet, Fanny ^a   Leduque, Patrick ^a   Forest, Maguelone G ^a   Magueresse Battistoni, Brigitte Le ^a  

^a HÔPITAL DEBROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

3 HSD; 3beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; DAX 1; DES; diethylstilbestrol; DSS AHC critical region on the X; SF 1; Sox 9; SRY homeobox like gene 9; StAR; Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory protein; Steroidogenic Factor 1; Wnt4

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ENZYME; HORMONE RECEPTOR; RNA; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL LINEAGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; GENE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POSTCOITAL TEST; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS CELL; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 2942627949     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2004.03.008     Document Type: Article

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