Towards the elucidation of the ecdysteroid biosynthetic pathway

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 839, Issue , 1998, Pages 306-310

  Dauphin Villemant, Chantal ^a   Blais, Catherine ^a   Lafont, René ^a  

^a ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ECDYSTEROID; STEROID REDUCTASE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYDROXYLATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0032524196     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1998.tb10781.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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