Gestagens and glucocorticoids in chicken eggs

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 164, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 125-129

  Rettenbacher, S ^a   Mostl E ^a   Groothuis, T G G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Birds; EIA; Epigenetic; Gestagens; Glucocorticoids; Maternal effects; Progestins

Indexed keywords

5ALPHA PREGNANE DERIVATIVE; 5BETA PREGNANE DERIVATIVE; CORTICOSTERONE; GESTAGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HORMONE ANTIBODY; HYDROCORTISONE; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ACTIVITY; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; EGG YOLK; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 70350015007     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.05.019     Document Type: Article

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