Expression of the Bovine Aromatase Cytochrome P450 Gene (Cyp19) Is Primarily Regulated by Promoter 2 in Bovine Follicles and by Promoter 1.1 in Corpora Lutea

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 406-413

  Lenz, Solvig ^a   Pöhland, Ralf ^b   Becker, Frank ^b   Vanselow, Jens ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

3 HSD; 3 hydroxysteroid; Cholesterol side chain cleavage enzyme; Cyp11A1; Dehydrogenase delta4; Delta5 isomerase; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE DELTA; AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; STEROID DELTA ISOMERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYP11A1 GENE; CYP19 GENE; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRANULOSA CELL; LUTEINIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DIFFERENTIATION; OVARY FOLLICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER 1.1; PROMOTER 2; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CATTLE; CORPUS LUTEUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 1542346855     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.20000     Document Type: Article

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