P450scc-like immunoreactivity throughout gonadal restructuring in the protogynous hermaphrodite Thalassoma duperrey

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 811-816

  Morrey, Craig E ^a,c   Nakamura, Masaru ^b   Kobayashi, Tohru ^c   Grau, E Gordon ^a   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gonadal restructuring; P450scc immunoreactivity; Sex change; Steroid production; Wrasse

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CYTOCHROME P450; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITISM; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX TRANSFORMATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TELEOST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; FEMALE; FISHES; GONADS; HERMAPHRODITISM; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

ANIMALIA; TELEOSTEI; THALASSOMA DUPERREY; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031671863     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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