Cortisol production in sheep is influenced by the functional expression of two cytochrome P450 17α-hydroxylase/17,20-lyase (CYP17) isoforms

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1193-1206

  Hough, D ^a   Cloete, S W P ^a,b   Storbeck, K ^a   Swart, A C ^a   Swart, P ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Institute for Animal Production: Elsenburg   (South Africa)

Author keywords

20 lyase; Cortisol; Cytochrome P450 17 hydroxylase 17; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Marker assisted selection; Sheep; Stress

Indexed keywords

17 HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; HYDROCORTISONE; ISOPROTEIN; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL STRAIN COS1; CERCOPITHECUS; GENETICS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

17-ALPHA-HYDROXYPREGNENOLONE; ANIMALS; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COS CELLS; HYDROCORTISONE; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; MALE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PREGNENOLONE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHEEP, DOMESTIC; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84882580045     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2012-5800     Document Type: Article

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