Plasma-sulfated C21-steroids increase during the periovulatory period in female common wolffish and are influenced by temperature during vitellogenesis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 464-473

  Tveiten, H ^a   Scott, A P ^b   Johnsen, H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

17,20 dihydroxy 4 pregnen 3 one; 5 pregnan 3 ,17,20 triol sulfate; Common wolffish; Periovulatory period; Reproduction; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

STEROID; 17,20 DIHYDROXY 4 PREGNEN 3 ONE; 17,20-DIHYDROXY-4-PREGNEN-3-ONE; PREGNANETRIOL; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; SULFATE;

ARTICLE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; TEMPERATURE; VITELLOGENESIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; FEMALE; FISH; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASON; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; OVULATION; PREGNANETRIOL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEASONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STEROIDS; SULFATES; TEMPERATURE; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0033624986     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1999.7433     Document Type: Article

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