ACTH receptor, CYP11A1, CYP17 and CYP21A2 genes are expressed in skin

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2746-2749

  Slominski, Andrzej ^a   Ermak, Gennady ^a   Mihm, Martin ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDERMIS CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; STEROIDOGENESIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SKIN; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROID 21-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 0029941924     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.7.2746     Document Type: Article

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