Backdoor pathway for dihydrotestosterone biosynthesis: Implications for normal and abnormal human sex development

Developmental Dynamics

Volumn 242, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 320-329

  Fukami, Maki ^a   Homma, Keiko ^b   Hasegawa, Tomonobu ^c   Ogata, Tsutomu ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

21 OH deficiency; Backdoor pathway; Dihydrotestosterone; Disorders of sex development; P450 oxidoreductase deficiency; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTANOLONE; CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P450 REDUCTASE; STEROID; STEROID 21 MONOOXYGENASE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HUMAN; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KARYOTYPE 46,XY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; URINE; VIRILIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTLEY-BIXLER SYNDROME PHENOTYPE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; MACROPODIDAE; MALE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; MICE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

MACROPUS EUGENII;

EID: 84875527753     PISSN: 10588388     EISSN: 10970177     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.23892     Document Type: Article

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