Human HSD17B1 expression masculinizes transgenic female mice

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 301, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 163-168

  Saloniemi, Taija ^a   Welsh, Michelle ^b   Lamminen, Tarja ^a   Saunders, Philippa ^b   Mäkelä, Sari ^a   Streng, Tomi ^c   Poutanen, Matti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c Institute of Biomedicine   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hydroxysteroid (17 ) dehydrogenase 1; Masculinization; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONIC STRUCTURES; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MASCULINITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL DEHYDROGENASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; VIRILISM; WOLFFIAN DUCTS;

EID: 60549087132     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.10.047     Document Type: Article

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