5α-androstane-3α,17β-diol is formed in tammar wallaby pouch young testes by a pathway involving 5α-pregnane-3α,17α-diol-20-one as a key intermediate

Endocrinology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 575-580

  Wilson, Jean D ^a,b,c   Auchus, Richard J ^b   Leihy, Michael W ^a   Guryev, Oleg L ^b   Estabrook, Ronald W ^b   Osborn, Susan M ^a   Shaw, Geoffrey ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5ALPHA PREGNANE 3ALPHA,17ALPHA DIOL 20 ONE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTERONE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GESTAGEN; PREGNANEDIOL; TRITIUM;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MACROPUSE EUGENII; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TESTIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; UROGENITAL SINUS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VIRILIZATION; AGE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; MARSUPIAL; METABOLISM;

AGE FACTORS; ANDROSTANE-3,17-DIOL; ANIMALS; FEMALE; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; PREGNANEDIOL; PROGESTINS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRITIUM;

EID: 0037317265     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2002-220721     Document Type: Article

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