Steroids in chicken egg yolk: Metabolism and uptake during early embryonic development

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 163, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 175-183

  von Engelhardt, Nikolaus ^a,b   Henriksen, Rie ^a   Groothuis, Ton G G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embryo; Maternal hormones; Mechanism; Metabolism; Uptake

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CORTICOSTERONE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

AMNION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG YOLK; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS MEMBRANE; HORMONE TRANSPORT; INCUBATION TIME; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STEROID METABOLISM;

EID: 67649756897     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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