Fushi tarazu factor-1 mRNA and protein is expressed in steroidogenic and cholesterol metabolising tissues during different life stages in Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 96-102

  Von Hofsten, Jonas ^a   Karlsson, Johnny ^a,b   Olsson, Per Erik ^a,b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Arctic char; Development; FTZ F1; Fushi tarazu; NR5A1; NR5A2; Salmonid; SF 1; Teleost

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL; FUSHI TARAZU FACTOR 1 MRNA; M PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL METABOLISM; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GONAD; HATCHING; LIFE CYCLE; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TELEOST; UPREGULATION;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 0037508587     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00034-0     Document Type: Article

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