Sex steroid concentrations and localization of steroidogenic enzyme expression in free-ranging female northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 175-183

  Browne, Patience ^a   Conley, Alan J ^a   Spraker, Terry ^b   Ream, Rolf R ^c   Lasley, Bill L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c NOAA National Marine Mammal Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen; Delayed implantation; Estrogen; Immunohistochemistry; Marine mammal; Northern fur seal; Pinniped; Reproduction; RIA; Steroid hormone

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CYTOCHROME B5; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450C17; ENZYME; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLASTOCYST; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALLORHINUS URSINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; OVARY; OVULATION; PREGNANCY RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; SEAL; STEROID ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646481775     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.12.019     Document Type: Article

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