Porcine aromatase: Studies on tissue-specific, functionally distinct isozymes from a single gene?

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 61, Issue 3-6, 1997, Pages 407-413

  Conley, A ^a   Corbin, J ^a   Smith, T ^b   Hinshelwood, M ^c   Liu, Z ^c   Simpson, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b U S MEAT ANIMAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ISOENZYME;

ADRENAL GLAND; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; ANIMAL TISSUE; BLASTOCYST; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC PROCEDURES; GONAD; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; SWINE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REVIEW; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SWINE;

EID: 0031106982     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(96)00253-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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