Immunohistochemical evidence identifying the site of androgen production in the ovary of the protogynous grouper Epinephelus merra

Cell and Tissue Research

Volumn 320, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 323-329

  Alam, Mohammad Ashraful ^a   Komuro, Hiroki ^a   Bhandari, Ramji Kumar ^b   Nakamura, Shigeo ^a   Soyano, Kiyoshi ^c   Nakamura, Masaru ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgens; Epinephelus merra (Teleostei); Honeycomb grouper; Immunohistochemistry; Ovary; P45011 ; P450scc

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; ANDROGEN; ANTIBODY; CHOLESTEROL; STEROID;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPINEPHELUS MERRA; FEMALE; FISH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX TRANSFORMATION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHOLESTEROL SIDE-CHAIN CLEAVAGE ENZYME; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OVARY; PERCIFORMES;

EPINEPHELUS MERRA; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 18844370895     PISSN: 0302766X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00441-004-1037-9     Document Type: Article

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