Ontogenic expression patterns of several nuclear receptors and cytochrome P450 aromatases in brain and gonads of the Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus suggests their involvement in sex differentiation

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 129-135

  Sudhakumari, C C ^a,b,c   Senthilkumaran, B ^a,b,c   Kobayashi, T ^a,d   Kajiura Kobayashi, H ^a   Wang, D S ^a,e   Yoshikuni, M ^a   Nagahama, Y ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^e SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ad4BP SF 1; Androgen receptor; Cytochrome P450 aromatases; Dax 1; Estrogen receptor

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FISH PROTEIN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; PROTEIN AD4BP; PROTEIN SF 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMPLICON; BRAIN; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONAD; MALE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TILAPIA;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 33748417593     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-006-0014-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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