Relationship between changes in mRNAs of the genes encoding steroidogenic acute regulatory protein and P450 cholesterol side chain cleavage in head kidney and plasma levels of cortisol in response to different kinds of acute stress in the rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-80

  Geslin, Malika ^a   Auperin, Benoit ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

ACTH; Acute stress; Cortisol; Head kidney; StAR mRNA; Steroidogenic enzyme mRNA; Trout

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAINBOW TROUT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0345687860     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00283-1     Document Type: Article

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