Involvement of a 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase activity in ecdysteroid biosynthesis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 128, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 139-149

  Dauphin Villemant, C ^a   Bocking D ^b   Blais, C ^a   Toullec, J Y ^a   Lafont, R ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; 3 keto reductase; Ecdysteroids (Crustaceans); Molting glands; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ECDYSONE; ECDYSTEROID; MEMBRANE ENZYME; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; STEROID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; ENDOCRINE GLAND; ENZYME ACTIVITY; MICROSOME; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRACHYURA; CELL CULTURE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; MALE; METABOLISM;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ECDYSTEROIDS; FEMALE; KINETICS; MALE; MOLTING; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; STEROIDS; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0030612222     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)04031-8     Document Type: Article

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