A proposed role of the sulfotransferase/sulfatase pathway in modulating yolk steroid effects

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 419-427

  Paitz, Ryan T ^a   Bowden, Rachel M ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUTHERIA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 51849084440     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icn034     Document Type: Article

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