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Redefining the initiation and maintenance of zebrafish interrenal steroidogenesis by characterizing the key enzyme cyp11a2.
Endocrinology - 1 Aug 2013
Parajes Silvia, Griffin Aliesha, Taylor Angela E, Rose Ian T, Miguel-Escalada Irene, Hadzhiev Yavor, Arlt Wiebke, Shackleton Cedric, Müller Ferenc, Krone Nils
Abstract excerpt
Zebrafish are emerging as a model to study steroid hormone action and associated disease. However, steroidogenesis in zebrafish is not well characterized. Mammalian P450 side-chain cleavage enzyme (CYP11A1) catalyzes the first step of steroidogenesis, the conversion of cholesterol to pregnenolone. Previous studies describe an essential role for zebrafish Cyp11a1 during early development. Cyp11a1 has been...
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