Expression of steroidogenic enzymes in porcine polycystic ovaries

Folia Histochemica et Cytobiologica

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-264

  Kozłowska, Anna ^a   Majewski, Mariusz ^b   Jana, Barbara ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cystic ovary; Gilt; Steroidogenic enzymes

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); DEXAMETHASONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DATA ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GILT (SWINE); GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROIDOGENESIS; THECA CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALIA; SUS;

EID: 73549106362     PISSN: 02398508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/v10042-009-0043-x     Document Type: Article

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