Evidence that immature rat liver is capable of participating in steroidogenesis by expressing 17α-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase P450c17

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 121-128

  Katagiri, Masanao ^a   Tatsuta, Kayo ^a   Imaoka, Susumu ^b   Funae, Yoshihiko ^b   Honma, Keiko ^c   Matsuo, Nobutake ^d   Yokoi, Hiromichi ^e   Ishimura, Kazunori ^e   Ishibashi, Fumihide ^a   Kagawa, Norio ^f  

^a OSAKA KYOIKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^f VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; STEROID 17,20 LYASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID MONOOXYGENASE;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; LIVER MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; STEROIDS; TESTIS;

EID: 0031891382     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(97)00164-7     Document Type: Article

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