Isolation and characterization of the CYP17A1 gene and its processed pseudogene in Rana rugosa

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 54-61

  Suda, Mari ^a   Uno, Yoshinobu ^b   Fujii, Jun ^a   Matsuda, Yoichi ^b   Nakamura, Masahisa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CYP17A1; FISH; Luciferase assay; Processed pseudogene; Rana rugosa

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME; CYTOCHROME P450 17A1; LUCIFERASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXL2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHROMOSOME 4; CHROMOSOME 9; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EXON; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GONAD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOGENE; RANA RUGOSA; SEX DETERMINATION; TADPOLE; TESTIS; XENOPUS;

RANA RUGOSA;

EID: 79960075031     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: 18791107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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