Expression of the steroidogenic acute regulatory protein in the corpus luteum of the rabbit: Dependence upon the luteotropic hormone, estradiol- 17β

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 868-874

  Townson, David H ^a   Wang, Xing Jia ^b   Keyes, P Landis ^a   Kostyo, Jack L ^a   Stocco, Douglas M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CORPUS LUTEUM FUNCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FLUOROGRAPHY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; RABBIT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 9544237244     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod55.4.868     Document Type: Article

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