Profiling transcript levels for steroidogenic enzymes in fetal tissues

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 87, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 181-189

  Pezzi, Vincenzo ^b   Mathis, J M ^c   Rainey, William E ^a   Carr, Bruce R ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450s; Fetal tissues; Real time RTPCR; Steroidogenic enzymes

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; AROMATASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CYTOCHROME P450; ENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID HORMONE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC ENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; AORTA; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEART; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY; LUNG; MALE; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PANCREAS; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PLACENTA; PROSTATE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA ISOLATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; STOMACH; TESTIS; THYMUS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0346849987     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2003.07.006     Document Type: Article

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