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GATA factors and the nuclear receptors, steroidogenic factor 1/liver receptor homolog 1, are key mutual partners in the regulation of the human 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2 promoter.
Molecular endocrinology (Baltimore, Md.) - 1 Sept 2005
Martin Luc J, Taniguchi Hiroaki, Robert Nicholas M, Simard Jacques, Tremblay Jacques J, Viger Robert S
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The human HSD3B2 gene encodes the 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/delta5-delta4 isomerase type 2 (3beta-HSD2) enzyme that is required for steroid hormone biosynthesis. Mutations in the hHSD3B2 gene are responsible for a form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia and male pseudohermaphroditism wher...
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