Gene conversion in the CYP11B2 gene encoding P450c11AS is associated with, but does not cause, the syndrome of corticosterone methyloxidase II deficiency

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 321-326

  Fardella, Carlos E ^a   Hum, Dean W ^a   Rodriguez, Henry ^a   Zhang, Guangren ^a   Barry, Floyd L ^a   Ilicki, Adam ^a   Block, Clifford A ^b   Miller, Walter L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital Colorado   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE METHYLOXIDASE II; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID METABOLISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; INFANT; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE CONVERSION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROID 11-BETA-HYDROXYLASE;

IRANIA;

EID: 0030045134     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.1.321     Document Type: Article

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