17β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD)/17-ketosteroid reductase (KSR) family; nomenclature and main characteristics of the 17HSD/KSR enzymes

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-11

  Peltoketo, H ^a   Luu The, V ^c   Simard, J ^c   Adamski, Jerzy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; NOMENCLATURE;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 0032586817     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.0.0230001     Document Type: Review

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