Androgen synthesis in a songbird: A study of Cyp17 (17α- hydroxylase/C17,20-lyase) activity in the zebra finch

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 46-58

  Schlinger, Barney A ^a   Lane, Nathaniel Ira ^a   Grisham, William ^a   Thompson, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEROID 17,20 LYASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CASTRATION; CELL MATURATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GONAD FUNCTION; GONADECTOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TARGET CELL;

EID: 0032924969     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7179     Document Type: Article

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