Gonadal sex differentiation in chicken embryos: Expression of estrogen receptor and aromatase genes

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 60, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 295-302

  Smith, Craig A ^a   Andrews, Jane E ^a   Sinclair, Andrew H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CHICK EMBRYO; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS;

EID: 0030979779     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-0760(96)00196-3     Document Type: Article

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