Expression of P450 aromatase protein in developing and in sex-reversed gonads of the XX/XY type of the frog Rana rugosa

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 227-236

  Kato, T ^a   Matsui, K ^a   Takase, M ^b   Kobayashi, M ^a   Nakamura, M ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Frog; Granulose cell; Immunostaining; Ovary; P450 aromatase; Sex reversal

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA HOMOLOG; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FROG; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TADPOLE; X CHROMOSOME; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 2942519315     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.03.013     Document Type: Article

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