Zebrafish cyp11a1 and hsd3b genes: Structure, expression and steroidogenic development during embryogenesis

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 312, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 31-34

  Hsu, Hwei Jan ^a   Lin, Jen Chieh ^a,b   Chung, Bon chu ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Embryogenesis; Gastrulation; Head kidney; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); ESTRADIOL; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

BLASTOMERE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO MEMBRANE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FISH GENETICS; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GONAD; INTERRENAL GLAND; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS; ZEBRA FISH;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENOMICS; KIDNEY; MODELS, ANIMAL; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 70249105362     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.07.030     Document Type: Review

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