Molecular cloning, expression and characterization of a monkey steroid UDP-glucuronosyltransferase, UGT2B19, that conjugates testosterone

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 260, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 701-708

  Bélanger, Guy ^a   Barbier, Olivier ^a   Hum, Dean W ^a   Bélanger, Alain ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Androgen conjugation; Cynomolgus monkey; Extrahepatic tissue; Phase II enzymes; Steroid metabolism

Indexed keywords

GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; DNA LIBRARY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE LOCUS; GLUCURONIDATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROID METABOLISM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANDROSTANE-3,17-DIOL; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ETIOCHOLANOLONE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; HUMANS; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0033559226     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00197.x     Document Type: Article

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