Role of aromatase and androgen receptor expression in gonadal sex differentiation of ZW/ZZ-type frogs, Rana rugosa

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 215-225

  Ohtani, Hiromi ^a   Miura, Ikuo ^a   Ichikawa, Youko ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Hiroshima Prefectural Womens Univ   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Androgen receptor antagonist; Aromatase; Aromatase inhibitor; Estrogen sensitive period; Gonadal sex differentiation; Sex reversal; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FROG; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE ACTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TADPOLE; TESTIS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; RANA RUGOSA;

EID: 0037316021     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1532-0456(02)00252-1     Document Type: Article

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