Expression of steroidogenic proteins in bovine placenta during the first half of gestation

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 392-404

  Verduzco, Adriana ^a   Fecteau, Gilles ^a   Lefebvre, Réjean ^a   Smith, Lawrence C ^a   Murphy, Bruce D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

placental steroids; steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEINS AND BINDING PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); COMPLEMENTARY DNA; HYDROXY DELTA 5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARUNCULAR EPITHELIAL CELL; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELLS; CHORION VILLUS; COTYLEDONARY TISSUE; COW; DNA SYNTHESIS; GESTATION PERIOD; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RNA ISOLATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUES; UNINUCLEATE TROPHOBLAST CELL;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GESTATIONAL AGE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROGESTERONE REDUCTASE; STEROIDS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84863419644     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: 14485990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/RD10303     Document Type: Article

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