Vitellogenin synthesis via androgens in primary cultures of tilapia hepatocytes

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 248-255

  Kim, Byung Ho ^a   Takemura, Akihiro ^a   Kim, Se Jae ^b   Lee, Young Don ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Jeju National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Androgen; Cyproterone acetate; ELISA; Hepatocytes; Oreochromis mossambicus; Primary culture; Tamoxifen; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANTIANDROGEN; ANTIESTROGEN; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FADROZOLE; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; TAMOXIFEN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE DERIVATIVE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ENZYMOLOGY; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HORMONE ACTION; LIVER CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TILAPIA; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0038277040     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00091-1     Document Type: Article

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