Molecular cloning and partial characterisation of the mouse Cyp51 cDNA

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 439, Issue 7, 2000, Pages R7-R8

  Debeljak, Nataša ^a   Horvat, Simon ^a   Komel, Radovan ^a   Rozman, Damjana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

cholesterol biosynthesis; lanosterol 14 demethylase; meiosis activating sterols (MAS); mouse Cyp51

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; STEROL 14ALPHA DEMETHYLASE; CYTOCHROME P450; LANOSTEROL 14 ALPHA-DEMETHYLASE; OXIDOREDUCTASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP51 GENE; DNA DETERMINATION; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITE;

ANIMALS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; LIVER; MALE; MICE; OXIDOREDUCTASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE TAGGED SITES; TESTIS;

EID: 0033630759     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03376503     Document Type: Article

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