The concentration of adrenodoxin reductase limits cytochrome P450scc activity in the human placenta

European Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 263, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 319-325

  Tuckey, Robert C ^a   Sadleir, Jade ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adrenodoxin; Adrenodoxin reductase; Cytochrome P450scc; Placenta; Pregnenolone

Indexed keywords

ADRENODOXIN; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); FERREDOXIN NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE REDUCTASE; PREGNENOLONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FERREDOXIN-NADP REDUCTASE; HUMANS; KINETICS; MITOCHONDRIA; PLACENTA; PREGNENOLONE;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

EID: 0033565694     PISSN: 00142956     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1432-1327.1999.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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