Expression of P45017α hydroxylase and P450 aromatase genes in the chicken gonad before and after sexual differentiation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 233-240

  Yoshida, Kumiko ^a   Shimada, Kiyoshi ^a   Saito, Noboru ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; OXYGENASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HATCHING; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0029981877     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0064     Document Type: Article

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