Article
Alternatively Spliced Transcripts of the Aromatase Cytochrome P450 (<i>CYP19</i>) Gene in Adipose Tissue of Women<sup>1</sup>
1 Jan 1997
Abstract excerpt
Estrogen biosynthesis in adipose tissue has assumed great significance in terms of a number of estrogen-related diseases. The biosynthesis of estrogens from C19 steroids is catalyzed by a specific form of cytochrome P450, namely aromatase cytochrome P450 (P450arom; the product of the CYP19 gene). The human CYP19 gene comprises nine coding exons, II-X, and its transcripts are expressed in the ovary, placenta,...
