Substitution of Ile-172 to Asn in the st
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Jukka Partanen; R. Duncan Campbell
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Article
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1991
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Springer
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English
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The steroid 21-hydroxylase enzyme (P450c21) is a member of the cytochrome P450 gene superfamily and is essential in the synthesis of cortisol and aldosterone. Defects in the P450c21B gene cause congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), a common genetic disorder leading to virilization of newborn females