The P450 aromatase (P450 arom) gene is asymmetrically expressed in a critical period for gonadal sexual differentiation in the chick

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 325-334

  Villalpando, I ^a   Sanchez Bringas G ^a   Sanchez Vargas I ^a   Pedernera, E ^b   Villafan Monroy H ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Chick embryo; Estrogen; Gonadal differentiation; Ovary; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0343114319     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2000.7425     Document Type: Article

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