Isolation and characterization of a Simian UDP-glucuronosyltransferase UGT2B18 active on 3-hydroxyandrogens

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 275, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 785-794

  Beaulieu, Martin ^a   Lévesque, Eric ^a   Barbier, Olivier ^a   Turgeon, David ^a   Bélanger, Guy ^a   Hum, Dean W ^a   Bélanger, Alain ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Androgen metabolism; Androsterone; Monkey; Prostate; UDP glucuronosyltransferase

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTERONE; BILE ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ETIOCHOLANOLONE; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT; BLADDER; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL LINE; CEREBELLUM; COLON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA PROBE; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GLUCURONIDATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KIDNEY; KINETICS; LIVER; MALE; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMALL INTESTINE; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MACACA FASCICULARIS; SIMIAE;

EID: 0344734180     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmbi.1997.1486     Document Type: Article

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