Gene expression of steroidogenic enzymes in chicken embryonic gonads

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 281, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 450-456

  Shimada, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANTI MULLERIAN HORMONE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CHICKEN; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTROGEN; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; MITOCHONDRIAL RNA; OVARY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CHICK EMBRYO; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADS; MALE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROID 17-ALPHA-HYDROXYLASE;

EID: 0032145042     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-010X(19980801)281:5<450::AID-JEZ9>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Conference Paper

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