Steroid-binding proteins and free steroids in birds

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 316, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 42-52

  Malisch, Jessica L ^a   Breuner, Creagh W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

Birds; Corticosteroid binding globulin; Glucocorticoid; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ANDROGEN; CYTOKINE; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLYCOPROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; SERINE PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; SEX HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; STEROID; STEROID BINDING PROTEIN; TRANSCORTIN;

BIRD; BREEDING; GENE MUTATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE PROTEIN COMPLEX; INFLAMMATION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SPECIES COMPARISON; STRESS; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BIRDS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIGANDS; PROTEIN BINDING; STEROIDS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCORTIN;

EID: 72249087357     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.09.019     Document Type: Review

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