Calcium-dependent phosphorylation processes control brain aromatase in quail

European Journal of Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1591-1606

  Balthazart, J ^a   Baillien, M ^a   Charlier, T D ^a   Ball, G F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase activity; Coturnix japonica; Fast steroid action; Kinases; Preoptic area

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE C; SEX HORMONE; THREONINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUAIL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CALCIUM; CHELATING AGENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EGTAZIC ACID; ENZYME INHIBITORS; MAGNESIUM; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; PROTEIN KINASES; QUAIL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0038694540     PISSN: 0953816X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1460-9568.2003.02598.x     Document Type: Article

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