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LOC107318718

Summary

Gene Symbol: LOC107318718
Description: aromatase
Alias: CYP19, CYP19A1, CYPXIX, P-450AROM, aromatase, Cytochrome P-450AROM, Cytochrome P450 19A1, Estrogen synthase, aromatase cytochrome P-450, estrogen synthetase
Species: Japanese quail

Top Publications

  1. Harada N, Yamada K, Foidart A, Balthazart J. Regulation of aromatase cytochrome P-450 (estrogen synthetase) transcripts in the quail brain by testosterone. Brain Res Mol Brain Res. 1992;15:19-26 pubmed
    The aromatase cytochrome P-450 (P-450AROM) cDNA, which was identified by homologies in the DNA and in the deduced amino acid sequences with human P-450AROM cDNA, was isolated from a brain cDNA library of Japanese quail, demonstrating the ..
  2. Balthazart J, Baillien M, Charlier T, Ball G. Calcium-dependent phosphorylation processes control brain aromatase in quail. Eur J Neurosci. 2003;17:1591-606 pubmed
    ..by the binding of sex steroids to their cognate receptors is one important way in which oestrogen synthase (aromatase) activity is regulated in the brain...