Expression and activity of 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/Δ5-Δ4- isomerase in the rat Purkinje neuron during neonatal life

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 805-813

  Ukena, Kazuyoshi ^a   Kohchi, Chie ^a   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3 (OR 17) BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3 (OR 17)-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NERVE EXCITABILITY; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PURKINJE CELL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; AGING; ANIMAL; CEREBELLUM; ENZYMOLOGY; FISCHER 344 RAT; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CEREBELLUM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; PROGESTERONE; PURKINJE CELLS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 85047676517     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.2.6516     Document Type: Article

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