Reproductive endocrinology : a molecular approach
Reviews the basic biochemistry of nucleic acids and proteins. This work discusses the methodologies used to study signaling and gene regulation in the endocrine/reproductive system. It covers topics including mechanisms of hormone action and several endocrine disorders affecting the reproductive system
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Basis for molecular reproductive biology
Introduction to the molecular organization of the endocrine/reproductive system
Extracellular signaling receptors
Molecules that transmit information into the cell: the intracellular signaling pathways
Introduction to molecular biology: structure and function of the macromolecules of genetic information
Regulation of gene expression
Molecular basis of abnormal phenotype
Tools of molecular reproductive biology
Recombinant DNA technology
Techniques for DNA analysis
Analyzing gene expression
DNA microarray analysis
Computer assisted analysis of genes
Introduction to gene therapy
Molecular regulation of reproductive hormones
GnRH-GnRH-receptor system in the mammalian female reproductive tract
FSH: one hormone with multiple forms, or a family of multiple hormones
FSH receptor: one receptor with multiple forms or a family of receptors
Regulation of the early steps in gonadal steroidogenesis
Prostaglandins and their mechanisms of action in the cyclic ovary
Androgens: molecular basis and related disorders
Leptin as a reproductive hormone
Neurosteroids and sexual behavior and reproduction
Molecular regulation of the reproductive organs and tissues
Autocrine and paracrine regulation of the ovary
Ovarian endocrine activity: role of follistatin, activin, and inhibin
Hormonal and molecular regualtion of the cytochrome P450 aromatase gene expression in the ovary
Epigenetic mechanisms of ovarian gene regulation
Ovarian function and failure: the role of the oocyte and its molecules
Molecular control of corpus luteum function
Molecular landscape of spermatogonial stem cell renewal, meiotic sex chromosome inactivation, and spermatic head shaping