Immunohistochemical detection and biological activities of CYP17 (P450c17) in the indifferent gonad of the frog Rana rugosa

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 112, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 5-12

  Sakurai, Nana ^a   Maruo, Koichi ^a   Haraguchi, Shogo ^a   Uno, Yoshinobu ^b   Oshima, Yuki ^a   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a   Matsuda, Yoichi ^b   Rego, Jean Luc Do ^c   Pelletier, Georges ^d   Vaudry, Hubert ^c   Nakamura, Masahisa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Biosystems Science Course   (Japan)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

CYP17; Enzymatic activity; FISH; Frog; Gonad; Immunohistochemistry; Real time RT PCR; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CYTOCHROME P450 17; ENZYME ANTIBODY; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CHROMOSOME ARM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PROGESTERONE METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; TADPOLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; 3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; PROGESTERONE; RANIDAE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TESTIS;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA RUGOSA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 55149122100     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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