The bovine genome contains three differentially methylated paralogous copies of the P450c17 encoding gene (CYP17A1)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-479

  Vanselow, Jens ^a   Fürbass, Rainer ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bisulfite; Follicle; Gene duplication; Granulosa; PCR; Steroid 17 alpha hydroxylase 17,20 lyase; Theca

Indexed keywords

BISULFITE; CYTOCHROME P450C17; GENOMIC DNA;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORPUS LUTEUM; CYP17A1 GENE; CYP17A1A GENE; CYP17A1B GENE; CYP17A1X GENE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; EPIDIDYMIS; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS;

EID: 78651462287     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.11.003     Document Type: Article

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