Neural expression and post-transcriptional dosage compensation of the steroid metabolic enzyme 17β-HSD type 4

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  London, Sarah E ^a,b   Itoh, Yuichiro ^a   Lance, Valentin A ^a   Wise, Petra M ^a   Ekanayake, Preethika S ^a   Oyama, Randi K ^a   Arnold, Arthur P ^a   Schlinger, Barney A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ENOYL COENZYME A HYDRATASE; ESTROGEN; HSD17B4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN TISSUE; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINCH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN PROCESSING; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; VOCALIZATION;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ANIMALS; BRAIN; DOSAGE COMPENSATION, GENETIC; ENOYL-COA HYDRATASE; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FINCHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77950522183     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-11-47     Document Type: Article

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