Effect of prolactin and androgen on the expression of the female-attracting pheromone silefrin in the abdominal gland of the newt, Cynops ensicauda

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1867-1872

  Iwata, T ^a   Kawahara, G ^a   Yamamoto, K ^a   Zhou, C J ^a   Nakajo, S ^a   Shioda, S ^a   Kikuyama, S ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pheromones; Prolactin; Reproductive behavior; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; SEX PHEROMONE; SILEFRIN; TESTOSTERONE PROPIONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMEN; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NEWT; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CYNOPS ENSICAUDA; SALAMANDRIDAE;

EID: 0033677267     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod63.6.1867     Document Type: Article

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