Cholestenone 5 alpha-Reductase
"Cholestenone 5 alpha-Reductase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An oxidoreductase that catalyzes the conversion of 3-oxo-delta4 steroids into their corresponding 5alpha form. It plays an important role in the conversion of TESTOSTERONE into DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE and PROGESTERONE into DIHYDROPROGESTERONE.
| Descriptor ID |
D042944
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.682.660.200
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| Concept/Terms |
Cholestenone 5 alpha-Reductase- Cholestenone 5 alpha-Reductase
- 5 alpha-Reductase, Cholestenone
- Cholestenone 5 alpha Reductase
- alpha-Reductase, Cholestenone 5
- 4-Ene Steroid 5 alpha-Reductase
- 4 Ene Steroid 5 alpha Reductase
- 5 alpha-Reductase
- 5 alpha Reductase
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cholestenone 5 alpha-Reductase" by people in Profiles.
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Shen R, Lin MC, Sadeghi F, Swerdloff RS, Rajfer J, Gonzalez-Cadavid NF. Androgens are not major down-regulators of androgen receptor levels during growth of the immature rat penis . J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 1996 Mar; 57(5-6):301-13.