Sulfonation of maternal steroids is a conserved metabolic pathway in vertebrates

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 895-901

  Paitz, Ryan T ^a   Bowden, Rachel M ^a  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; ESTRONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EGG YOLK; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TURTLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; EGG YOLK; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; OVUM; PROGESTERONE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TESTOSTERONE; TURTLES;

EID: 84892621356     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: 15577023     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/ict027     Document Type: Conference Paper

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