Cloning and differential expression of steroid 5α-reductase type 1 (Srd5a1) and type 2 (Srd5a2) from the Harderian glands of hamsters

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 388-395

  Ramos, Luis ^a   Chávez, Bertha ^a   Vilchis, Felipe ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

5 reductase; Androgen metabolism; DHT; Harderian glands; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTRADIOL; ISOENZYME; ISOENZYME 1; ISOENZYME 2; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 1; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASTRATED MALE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIDIDYMIS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; HAMSTER; HARDER GLAND; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; UPREGULATION;

EID: 77349109958     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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