Molecular cloning and characterization of Japanese eel ovarian P450c17 (CYP17) cDNA

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 123-133

  Kazeto, Yukinori ^a   Ijiri, Shigeho ^b   Todo, Takashi ^c   Adachi, Shinji ^a   Yamauchi, Kohei ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450C17; GESTAGEN; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STEROIDOGENESIS; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA;

EID: 0034094264     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7449     Document Type: Article

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