Brain aromatase from pejerrey fish (Odontesthes bonariensis): cDNA cloning, tissue expression, and immunohistochemical localization

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 21-32

  Strobl Mazzulla, Pablo H ^a   Moncaut, Natalia P ^b   López, Gabriela C ^a   Miranda, Leandro A ^a   Canario, Adelino V M ^b   Somoza, Gustavo M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Brain; Pejerrey; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; BRAIN ENZYME; COMPLEMENTARY DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMA CELL; EYE; FEMALE; FISH; GILL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC TECTUM; OVARY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPLEEN; TELENCEPHALON; TESTIS;

EID: 21344434284     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.02.026     Document Type: Article

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