Involvement of estrogens in the process of sex differentiation in two fish species: The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and a tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 154-162

  Guiguen, Yann ^a   Baroiller, Jean François ^b   Ricordel, Marie José ^a   Iseki, Katia ^a   McMeel, O M ^c   Martin, S A M ^c   Fostier, Alexis ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Campus de Beaulieu   (France)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Estrogen receptor; Estrogens; Fish; Sex differentiation; Steroids

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TILAPIA;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; EGG PROTEINS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADS; MALE; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OVARY; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TAMOXIFEN; TILAPIA;

ANIMALIA; MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; SALMONIDAE; TILAPIA;

EID: 0032877372     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199910)54:2<154::AID-MRD7>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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