Steroids, aromatase and sex differentiation of the newt Pleurodeles waltl

Cytogenetic and Genome Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 283-288

  Kuntz, S ^a   Chardard, D ^a   Chesnel, A ^a   Grillier Vuissoz, I ^a   Flament, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HEAT SENSITIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVA; NEWT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX CHROMOSOME; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; VERTEBRATE;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; FEMALE; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADS; LARVA; MALE; PLEURODELES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; STEROIDS; TEMPERATURE;

MAMMALIA; PLEURODELES WALTL; SALAMANDRIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347950056     PISSN: 14248581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000074350     Document Type: Conference Paper

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