Role of the alternate pathway of dihydrotestosterone formation in virilization of the Wolffian ducts of the tammar wallaby, Macropus eugenii

Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 2368-2373

  Shaw, Geoffrey ^a   Fenelon, Jane ^a   Sichlau, Michelle ^a   Auchus, Richard J ^b   Wilson, Jean D ^a,b   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

17BETA (N,N' DIETHYL)CARBAMOYL 4 METHYL 4 AZA 5ALPHA ANDROSTAN 3 ONE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; ANDROSTANEDIOL; ANDROSTANOLONE; GESTAGEN; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TESTOSTERONE; TRITIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; EPIDIDYMIS; GROUPS BY AGE; KANGAROO; MALE; MESONEPHROS; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOACTIVITY; REDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UROGENITAL SINUS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VIRILIZATION;

ANDROGENS; ANDROSTANE-3,17-DIOL; ANIMALS; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; FEMALE; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXYGEN; SEX FACTORS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE; TIME FACTORS; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; VIRILISM; WOLFFIAN DUCT;

EID: 33645921663     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-1251     Document Type: Article

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