Expression of hepatic 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and sulfotransferase 2A1 in entire and castrated male pigs

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 7927-7932

  Rasmussen, Martin Krøyer ^a   Brunius, Carl ^b   Ekstrand, Bo ^a   Zamaratskaia, Galia ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Androstenone; Boar taint; Castration; Gene regulation; Protein expression

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTENONE; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; SEX HORMONE; SULFOTRANSFERASE; SULFOTRANSFERASE 2A1; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 3 (OR 17) BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3 (OR 17)-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ALCOHOL SULFOTRANSFERASE; ANDROSTERONE; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE;

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE GENE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STEROID METABOLISM; SULFOTRANSFERASE 2A1 GENE; SWINE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; ORCHIECTOMY;

SUIDAE;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANDROSTERONE; ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; GENE EXPRESSION; LIVER; MALE; ORCHIECTOMY; SULFOTRANSFERASES; SWINE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84868666654     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-012-1637-5     Document Type: Article

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