Steroidogenesis controls the conversion of cholesterol into steroid hormones through the
complex cascade reaction of various enzymes, which play essential roles in sexual …

The P450 side‐chain cleavage enzymes P450scc (Cyp11a) and 11β‐hydroxylase (Cyp11b)
play important roles in sex steroid and cortisol production. Here, two duplicates of cyp11 …

P450c17, a key enzyme in the steroid generation pathway, plays an important role in the
production of sex steroid and cortisol. In this study, two cyp17 gene isoforms, Pocyp17-I and …

In teleosts, the levels of steroids are critical for sexual development and hence, expression
of steroidogenic enzyme genes and specific substrate availability are indispensable for …

Sex steroids play a crucial role in gonadal sex differentiation in many nonmammalian
vertebrates, including hermaphroditic teleosts. The current study investigates the mRNA …

Steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1), cyp19a1a and cyp19a1b play pivotal roles in vertebrate
steroidogenesis and reproduction. In this study, a SF-1 cDNA (EU022463) was cloned from …

As lower vertebrates, teleost species could be affected by dynamic aquatic environments
and may respond to environmental changes through the hypothalamus–pituitary–gonad …

Mitochondrial cytochrome P450 side-chain cleavage (P450scc), encoded by the cyp11a1
gene, initiates the first step of steroid biosynthesis. In this study, a 1554-bp open reading …

In this study, three cDNA sequences corresponding to cytochrome P450C17 (CYP17 I), 3β-
hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3β-HSD) and androgen receptor (AR) were isolated from …

Steroid hormones modulate several important biological processes like metabolism, stress
response, and reproduction. Steroidogenesis drives reproductive function wherein …