Real-time PCR analysis of ovary- and brain-type aromatase gene expression during Atlantic halibut (Hippoglossus hippoglossus) development

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 128-135

  Matsuoka, Makoto P ^a,b   van Nes, Solveig ^c   Andersen, Øivind ^c   Benfey, Tillmann J ^a   Reith, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Atlantic halibut; cyp19a; cyp19b; Gonadal differentiation; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 CYP19A; CYTOCHROME P450 CYP19B; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HIPPOGLOSSUS HIPPOGLOSSUS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALIA; HIPPOGLOSSUS HIPPOGLOSSUS;

EID: 33646045862     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2006.02.008     Document Type: Article

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