Analysis of genes related to expression of aromatase and estradiol-regulated genes during sex differentiation in Xenopus embryos

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 382-388

  Akatsuka, Naoya ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroshi ^a   Watanabe, Emi ^a   Iino, Teruhiko ^a   Miyashita, Kiichi ^b   Miyata, Shohei ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatase; ATF 4; Estrogen receptor; FDD; Heat shock protein; RQ RT PCR; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; HEAT SHOCK COGNATE PROTEIN 70; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; EMBRYO; FLUORESCENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; XENOPUS;

XENOPUS;

EID: 1842635624     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.01.014     Document Type: Article

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