Thiourea-induced alteration in the expression patterns of some steroidogenic enzymes in the air-breathing catfish Clarias gariepinus

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 275-279

  Rasheeda, M K ^a   Sreenivasulu, G ^a   Swapna, I ^a   Raghuveer, K ^a   Wang, D S ^b   Thangaraj, K ^c   Gupta, A D ^a   Senthilkumaran, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

11 Hydroxylase; 11 Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Ovary; Testis; Thiourea; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3ALPHA(OR 20BETA) HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450C17; ENZYME; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE; THIOUREA; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CATFISH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; KIDNEY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS;

EID: 33748430666     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-006-0036-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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