Does alligator testis produce estradiol? A comparison of ovarian and testicular aromatase

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1201-1207

  Lance, Valentine A ^a   Conley, Alan J ^b   Mapes, Samantha ^b   Steven, Colin ^c   Place, Allen R ^c  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Male reproductive tract; Steroid hormones; Testis; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATURATION; MICROSOME; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROID RELEASE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS;

AGE FACTORS; ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENZYME INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; MALE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TESTIS;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATORINAE; AVES; RODENTIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0141795493     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.103.016535     Document Type: Article

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