Gonadal modulation of in vitro steroidogenic properties of dispersed adrenocortical cells from Sceloporus lizards

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 202-210

  Carsia, Rocco V ^a   McIlroy, Patrick J ^b   Cox, Robert M ^c   Barrett, Michele ^d   John Alder, Henry B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

^d Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Adrenocortical cell; Aldosterone; Corticosteroid; Corticosterone; Gonad; Lizard; Progesterone

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONAD FUNCTION; GONADECTOMY; IN VITRO STUDY; LIZARD; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORCHIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLEPORUS JARROVII; SCLEPORUS UNDULATUS; SCLEPORUS VIRGATUS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 50649110732     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.07.018     Document Type: Article

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