Development of Responsiveness to Steroid Hormones is a collection of papers presented at the Bat-Sheva Seminar of the same name which was held in Rehovot, Israel, on October 18-26, 1978 and sponsored by the Bat-Sheva de Rothschild Foundation for the Advancement of Science in Israel in cooperation with The Weizmann Institute of Science. Contributors explore how the steroid receptor complex modulates transcription of RNA and cover topics ranging from the sequential acquisition of responsiveness to estrogen in the rat uterus to the ontogeny of steroid receptors in the guinea pig.

PrefaceSequential Acquisition of Responsiveness to Estrogen in the Rat UterusRegulation of Prolactin Synthesis by EstrogenRodent Alpha1-Fetoprotein and Its Interaction with EstrogensInfluence of Rat Estradiol Binding Plasma Protein (EBP) On Estrogen Binding to Its Receptor and on Induced Biological ResponsesOntogeny of the Receptor and Responsiveness to Estrogen in the Genital Tract of the Chick EmbryoOntogeny of Steroid Receptors in the Guinea PigEstrogen Receptor in the Mammalian Liver: Developmental and Metabolic AspectsThe Development of Estrogen Receptors and of the Vitellogenic Response to Estradiol in Embryonic Chick LiverDevelopment of Hormonal Control of HistidaseFunctional Development of Rat Trophoblast and Decidual Cells during Establishment of the Hemochorial PlacentaThe Role of Progesterone in Induction of Decidualization in the Uterus of the Pseudopregnant RatModulation of Progesterone Metabolizing Enzyme in Lymphocytes during Development and By Endocrine ManipulationAlterations in Steroid-Responsiveness During Ontogeny of Mouse Mammary EpitheliumDifferential Response of Embryonic Chick Pancreas Enzymes to GlucocorticoidsGlucocorticoids and Fetal Lung DevelopmentDevelopmental Changes in the Glucocorticoid Induction of Hepatic Tyrosine AminotransferaseSequential Action of Ecdysone and 20-Hydroxyecdysone on Locust EpidermisEcdysteroid Action in Imaginai Discs of Drosophila melanogasterControl By Estrogen of Reversible Gene Expression: the Vitellogenin ModelDevelopment of Refractoriness of the Ovarian Cyclic AMP System to GonadotrophinsControl of Responsiveness to Gonadotropins and Steroids in the Neonatal Rat OvaryDevelopment of Ovarian Responsiveness: Follicle Maturation and LuteinizationReceptors for Glucocorticosteroids in the Embryonic Neural Retina in Relation to the Development of the Biological ResponseSteroid Hormone Receptors during Brain DevelopmentThe Neural Trigger For Ovulation - A Safety CatchAromatization and Development of Responsiveness of the Brain to Gonadal SteroidsSex Differentiation of Cyclic Gonadotropin SecretionSex-Specific Orientation in Female and Male Rats: Development and Effects of Early Endocrine ManipulationNeuroendocrine Correlates of Female - Offspring Interaction in Maternal RatsList of ParticipantsSubject Index