Epididymis expresses the highest 5′-deiodinase activity in the male reproductive system: Kinetic characterization, distribution, and hormonal regulation

Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 4209-4217

  Anguiano, Brenda ^a   Aranda, Nuri ^a   Delgado, Guadalupe ^a   Aceves, Carmen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE NEUROBIOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DITHIOTHREITOL; GLUCOSIDASE; LIOTHYRONINE; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; THIOURACIL; THYROXINE; THYROXINE DEIODINASE;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEIODINATION; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; ISOTOPE LABELING; KINETICS; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MICHAELIS CONSTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA PURIFICATION; SPERM; TERMINAL OLIGOPYRIMIDINE TRACT; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID FUNCTION TEST;

ANIMALS; ANTITHYROID AGENTS; EPIDIDYMIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENITALIA, MALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HYPERTHYROIDISM; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IODIDE PEROXIDASE; MALE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 47949103166     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-1679     Document Type: Article

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