In vitro effect of vitellogenin on steroid production by ovarian follicles of greenback flounder Rhombosolea tapirina

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 78-85

  Sun, B ^a   Pankhurst, N W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b Engineering and Information Technology   (Australia)

Author keywords

17 estradiol; Greenback flounder; Ovarian follicle; Reproduction; Steroidogenesis; Testosterone; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; BUCLADESINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; HYDROXYPROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IN VITRO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RHOMBOSOLEA TAPIRINA; STEROID RELEASE; VITELLOGENESIS;

ANIMALIA; PLEURONECTOIDEI; RHOMBOSOLEA TAPIRINA;

EID: 33646173376     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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