Cloning of zebrafish ovarian carbonyl reductase-like 20β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase and characterization of its spatial and temporal expression

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 209-216

  Wang, Yajun ^a   Ge, Wei ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activin; Carbonyl reductase like 20 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (20 HSD); Gonadotropin; Oocyte maturation; Ovary; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

3ALPHA(OR 20BETA) HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ACTIVIN; CARBONYL REDUCTASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GONADOTROPIN;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GILL; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPAWNING; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0036392181     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00041-2     Document Type: Article

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