Identification, cloning and regulation of cDNA encoding Aldo-Keto Reductase 1B7 in the adrenal gland of two saharan rodents Meriones libycus (Libyan jird) and Gerbillus gerbillus (gerbil)

► AKR1B7-like enzyme is expressed in adrenals of saharan rodents Libyan gird and gerbil. ► cDNA sequences analyses show we identified Akr1b7 ortholog to murine gene. ► meAkr1b7 expression is restricted to inner cortex and is under the control of ACTH.