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SRD5A3

Steroid 5-alpha-reductase 3, also known as 3-oxo-5-alpha-steroid 4-dehydrogenase 3, is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the SRD5A3 gene.[1][2] It is one of three forms of 5α-reductase.

See also

See also

References

References

  1. “Entrez Gene: steroid 5 alpha-reductase 3”.
  2. Uemura M, Tamura K, Chung S, Honma S, Okuyama A, Nakamura Y, Nakagawa H (January 2008). “Novel 5 alpha-steroid reductase (SRD5A3, type-3) is overexpressed in hormone-refractory prostate cancer”. Cancer Sci. 99 (1): 81–6. doi:10.1111/j.1349-7006.2007.00656.x. PMID 17986282.
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