Mouse Leydig tumor cells produce C-19 steroids, including testosterone

Steroids

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 245-251

  Panesar, Nirmal S ^a   Chan, Kam W ^a   Ho, Chung S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

17 Hydroxydehydrogenase 17 ketoreductase; Cytochrome P450 17 hydroxylase 17,20 lyase; Leydig cells; RT PCR; Steroidogenic Acute Response protein; Tandem mass spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYTOCHROME P450; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 17,20 LYASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEYDIG CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STEROID ANALYSIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0037333285     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(02)00183-6     Document Type: Article

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