Purification and characterization of equine testicular cytochrome P-450 aromatase: Comparison with the human enzyme

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 217-227

  Moslemi, Safa ^a   Vibet, Alain ^a,d   Papadopoulos, Vassilios ^b   Camoin, Luc ^c   Silberzahn, Pierre ^a,e   Gaillard, Jean Luc ^a,f  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Laboratoire Départemental Franck Duncombe   (France)

^e Inspection Gen de l'Agriculture   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Aromatase; Cytochrome P 450; Equine; N terminal; Reductase; Steroids; Testis

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; DEGLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME INACTIVATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; HORSE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTIS;

EID: 0030728751     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(97)00033-3     Document Type: Article

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