Expression and localization of cytochrome P450 17α-hydroxylase/c17,20-lyase in the avian brain

Brain Research

Volumn 899, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 112-122

  Matsunaga, Masahiro ^a,b   Ukena, Kazuyoshi ^a,b   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a,b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

17 Hydroxylase c17,20 lyase; Enzymatic activity; Gene expression; In situ hybridization; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROSTEROID; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; PREGNENOLONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 17,20 LYASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID DELTA ISOMERASE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN SLICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PURKINJE CELL; QUAIL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; COTURNIX; FEMALE; MALE; OVARY; RNA, MESSENGER; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TESTIS;

EID: 0035957792     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(01)02217-X     Document Type: Article

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