Suppression of steroidogenic enzyme expression during androgen-induced sex reversal in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-24

  Bhandari, Ramji Kumar ^a,b   Nakamura, Masaru ^a,c   Kobayashi, Tohru ^d   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fish; Masculinization; Methyltestosterone; Sex reversal; Steroidogenic enzymes; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450 ISOENZYME; METHYLTESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MASCULINITY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TESTIS; TILAPIA;

EID: 28844502648     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.06.014     Document Type: Article

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