Androgen inhibition of vitellogenin gene expression in tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 321-329

  Lazier, C B ^a   Langley, S ^a   Ramsey, N B ^a   Wright, J M ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYBRIDIZATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TILAPIA; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0030561168     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0177     Document Type: Article

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