Aromatase inhibitor and 17α-methyltestosterone cause sex-reversal from genetical females to phenotypic males and suppression of P450 aromatase gene expression in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-5

  Kitano, Takeshi ^a,b   Takamune, Kazufumi ^b   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^c   Abe, Shin Ichi ^b  

^a Kumamoto Prefectural Fisheries Research Center   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

7 methyltestosterone; Aromatase inhibitor; Fish; P450 aromatase; Sex reversal

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; ANTIESTROGEN; ENZYME INHIBITOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; WATER TEMPERATURE; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; JAPAN; MALE; REPRODUCTION;

PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; JAPAN; MALE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; PHENOTYPE; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL;

EID: 0033621793     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(200005)56:1<1::AID-MRD1>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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