Mouse 3α-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase mRNA: A marker of lung maturity

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 61-64

  Provost, Pierre R ^a   Tremblay, Yves ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

3 HSD; 5 Reductase; Androgens; Lung maturation; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LUNG SURFACTANT; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; 3 ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE (B SPECIFIC); OXIDOREDUCTASE;

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LUNG; FETUS LUNG MATURITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; ENZYMOLOGY; LUNG; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT;

3-ALPHA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE (B-SPECIFIC); ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; LUNG; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; OXIDOREDUCTASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 33751525971     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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