Intrauterine sexual differentiation: biosyntesis and action of sexual steroid hormones

The objective of this review was to describe sexual differentiation events in mammals, relating them to biosynthesis of sexual steroid hormones and their mechanisms of action. Cholesterol is the precursor of sexual steroid hormone biosynthesis via action of several enzymes converting these hormones....

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Main Authors: Amilton Cesar dos Santos, Diego Carvalho Viana, Gleidson Benevides de Oliveira, Luis Miguel Lobo, Antônio Chaves Assis-Neto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2015-06-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132015000300395&lng=en&tlng=en