High abundance of testosterone and salivary androgen-binding protein in the lateral nasal gland of male mice

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 81-86

  Zhou, Xin ^a   Zhang, Xiuling ^a   Weng, Yan ^b   Fang, Cheng ^a   Kaminsky, Laurence ^a   Ding, Xinxin ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b PFIZER GLOBAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Lateral nasal gland; Metabolism; Olfactory mucosa; P450; Salivary androgen binding protein; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; OXYGENASE; RNA; SALIVARY ANDROGEN BINDING PROTEIN; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; KIDNEY; LATERAL NASAL GLAND; LIVER; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSE; OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANDROGEN-BINDING PROTEIN; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CHOLESTENONE 5 ALPHA-REDUCTASE; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; NASAL MUCOSA; OLFACTORY MUCOSA; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SALIVARY GLANDS; SALIVARY PROTEINS AND PEPTIDES; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VOMERONASAL ORGAN;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 70249110745     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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