Endocrine activity of extraembryonic membranes extends beyond placental amniotes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Albergotti, Lori C ^a   Hamlin, Heather J ^a   McCoy, Michael W ^a,b   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b Boston University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ISOPROTEIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHORIOALLANTOIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OVIPARITY; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

AMNIOTA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHORIOALLANTOIC MEMBRANE; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 65549162619     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0005452     Document Type: Article

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