Testicular involution prior to sex change in gilthead seabream is characterized by a decrease in DMRT1 gene expression and by massive leukocyte infiltration

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Liarte, Sergio ^a   Chaves Pozo, Elena ^a   García Alcazar, Alicia ^b   Mulero, Victoriano ^a   Meseguer, José ^a   García Ayala, Alfonsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Instituto Español de Oceanografía   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DNA FRAGMENT; DOUBLE SEX AND MAB3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DMRT1 PROTEIN;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; CELL DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC MARKER; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GRANULOCYTE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; INNATE IMMUNITY; INVOLUTION; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OVARY CYCLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPAWNING; T LYMPHOCYTE; TELEOST; TESTIS; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; VITELLOGENESIS; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HISTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SEA BREAM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

MAMMALIA; SPARUS AURATA; TELEOSTEI;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; FEMALE; MALE; NEUTROPHIL INFILTRATION; OVARY; REPRODUCTION; SEA BREAM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX REVERSAL, GONADAL; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34347337632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-5-20     Document Type: Article

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