Promoter analysis of two aromatase genes in the serial-sex changing gobiid fish, Trimma okinawae

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 123-127

  Kobayashi, Yasuhisa ^a,b   Sunobe, Tomoki ^c   Kobayashi, Tohru ^d   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^b,e   Nakamura, Masaru ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gobiid fish; P450 aromatase; Promoter; Sex change; Trimma okinawae

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CRE RECOMBINASE; DNA; ESTROGEN; TATA BINDING PROTEIN;

BINDING SITE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; FISH; GENOME; HERMAPHRODITISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TRIMMA OKINAWAE;

ANIMALIA; CALLOGOBIUS ATRATUS; GOBIIDAE; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; TRIMMA OKINAWAE;

EID: 33748438846     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-006-0013-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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