Cloning and differential expression of estrogen receptor and aromatase genes in the self-fertilizing hermaphrodite and male mangrove rivulus, Kryptolebias marmoratus

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 353-365

  Orlando, Edward F ^a,b   Katsu, Yoshinao ^b   Miyagawa, Shinichi ^b   Iguchi, Talsen ^b  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; AROMATASE A; AROMATASE B; BRAIN ENZYME; CYTOCHROME; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; LIVER ENZYME; SEX HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HERMAPHRODITISM; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; INCUBATION TIME; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 33750332427     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.1.02101     Document Type: Article

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