Quantification of three steroid hormone receptors of the leopard gecko (Eublepharis macularius), a lizard with temperature-dependent sex determination: Their tissue distributions and the effect of environmental change on their expressions

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 136, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 957-966

  Endo, Daisuke ^a   Park, Min Kyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Competitive PCR; Estrogen receptor; Leopard gecko; Photoperiod; Progesterone receptor; Reptile; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS TESTIS SYSTEM; LIZARD; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EUBLEPHARIS; EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS; GEKKO; PANTHERA PARDUS; REPTILIA; SQUAMATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0344665748     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1096-4959(03)00310-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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