Article: New evidence of similarity between human and plant steroid metabolism.

Article: Brassinosteroids and plant steroid hormone ...
Plant Cell;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... 1997; Li and Nam, 2002). Recent advances in the study of plant steroid hormone biosynthesis and signaling are highlighted by several ... growth and development. To identify regulatory functions in plant steroid signaling, a genetic approach was exploited that aimed at ...

Article: Scientists discover key missing link in signaling pathway for ...
Asian News International;  September 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Carnegie Institution's Department of Plant Biology have discovered a key missing link in the so-called signaling pathway for plant steroid hormones. Many important signaling pathways are relays of molecules that start at the cell surface and cascade to the nucleus ...

Article: Cloning the tomato curl3 gene highlights the putative dual role ...
Plant Cell;  December 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Brassinosteroids (BRs) are plant steroid hormones that are essential for normal plant development. To gain better understanding of the conservation of BR signaling, the ...

Article: Hovione's API plant.(steroid-based active ...
Chemical Week;  October 24, 2001 ;     556 words ...Hovione (Loures, Portugal) has converted a facility at Lovione to cGMP compliance, to produce steroid-based active pharmaceutical ingredients (API). The plant can produce batch sizes of 1 kg-100 kg, the company says. Another facility, suitable for high-potency compounds, is under construction at

Article: POLYMORPHISMS OF THE GENES INVOLVED IN STEROID ...
Gynecological Endocrinology;  February 1, 2004 ;     525 words ...OP26 Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (P(IOS) is associated with reproductive and metabolics abnormalities, including hyperinsulinemia, insulin resistance, hyperandrogenism and anovulation. Polymorphisms of androgen receptor and genes coding for steroidogenic enzymes can be related with etiology and the

Article: CYP72B1 Inactivates Brassinosteroid Hormones: An Intersection ...
Plant Physiology;  December 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ...Active brassinosteroids, such as brassinolide (BL) and castasterone, are growth promoting plant hormones. An Arabidopsis cytochrome P450 monooxygenase encoded by CYP72B1 has been implicated in brassinosteroid catabolism as well as photomorphogenesis. We expressed CYP72B1 in yeast, coupled with

Article: Studies from A.M. Tarrant et al add new findings in the area of ...
Biotech Week;  May 27, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... little is known of the endogenous steroid metabolism or function in cnidarian tissues ... model for investigation of cnidarian steroid metabolism and gene function." Tarrant and ... Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology (Steroid metabolism in cnidarians: Insights from Nematostella ...