Prenatal and neonatal exposure to the antiandrogen flutamide alters connexin 43 gene expression in adult porcine ovary

Domestic Animal Endocrinology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-29

  Durlej, M ^a   Knapczyk Stwora, K ^a   Duda, M ^a   Kopera Sobota, I ^a   Hejmej, A ^a   Bilinska, B ^a   Slomczynska, M ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Androgens; Connexin 43; Flutamide; Ovary; Pig

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANTIANDROGEN; CONNEXIN 43; FLUTAMIDE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CORPUS LUTEUM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SWINE;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANDROGEN ANTAGONISTS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CONNEXIN 43; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; FLUTAMIDE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 78649444831     PISSN: 07397240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.domaniend.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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