Exon 5 alternative splicing of the cytochrome P450 aromatase could be a regulatory mechanism for estrogen production in humans;El splicing alternativo del exon 5 de la citocromo P450 aromatasa podria ser un mecanismo de regulacion de la produccion de estrogenos en humanos

Medicina

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 369-373

  Pepe, Carolina M ^a   Saraco, Nora I ^a   Baquedano, Maria Sonia ^a   Guercio, Gabriela ^a   Vaiani, Elisa ^a   Berensztein, Esperanza ^a   Rivarola, Marco A ^a   Belgorosky, Alicia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE PEDIATRÍA PROF DR JUAN P GARRAHAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

CYP19 alternative splicing; CYP19 mutations; Partial aromatase deficiency

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENAL GLAND; ALLELE; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; EXON; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; INTRON; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PLACENTA; PREPUBERTY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TESTIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; EXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34548493471     PISSN: 00257680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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