Progestins block cholesterol synthesis to produce meiosis‐activating sterols
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- 19 January 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 15 (3) , 775-784
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fj.00-0214com
Abstract
The resumption of meiosis is regulated by meiosis-preventing and meiosis-activating substances in testes and ovaries. Certain C29 precursors of cholesterol are present at elevated levels in gonadal t...Keywords
Funding Information
- Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (01EC9402)
- Bundesministerium für Forschung und Technologie (DK‐45164)
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