Ovarian steroidogenesis in white sturgeon (Acipenser transmontanus) during oocyte maturation and induced ovulation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-38

  Webb, Molly A H ^a,b   Feist, Grant W ^b   Trant, John M ^c   Van Eenennaam, Joel P ^a   Fitzpatrick, Martin S ^b   Schreck, Carl B ^b   Doroshov, Serge I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Maturation inducing steroid; Oocyte maturation; Steroidogenesis; White sturgeon

Indexed keywords

17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTODOXONE; ESTRADIOL; GESTAGEN; GONADORELIN; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; PREGNENOLONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ACIPENSER TRANSMONTANUS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYPOPHYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PLASMA; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; STEROIDOGENESIS; TELEOST;

EID: 0037210436     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00508-7     Document Type: Article

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