Alternative splicing and differential expression of P450c17 (CYP17) in gonads during sex transformation in the rice field eel

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 307, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 165-171

  Yu, Hongshi ^a   Cheng, Hanhua ^a   Guo, Yiqing ^a   Xia, Laixin ^a   Zhou, Rongjia ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; CYP17; Sex reversal; The rice field eel

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 17; ISOENZYME;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TELEOST; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VERTEBRATE;

ANGUILLIFORMES; MONOPTERUS ALBUS; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037711688     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-291X(03)01137-9     Document Type: Article

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