Pregnenolone, pregnenolone sulfate, and cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage enzyme in the amphibian brain and their seasonal changes

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1936-1944

  Takase, Minoru ^a   Ukena, Kazuyoshi ^a   Yamazaki, Takeshi ^a   Kominami, Shiro ^a   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; PREGNENOLONE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; FROG; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROIDOGENESIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033021419     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.4.6641     Document Type: Article

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