The seminal vesicle synthesizes steroids in the round goby Neogobius melanostomus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 148, Issue 1 SPEC. ISS., 2007, Pages 117-123

  Jasra, Shashi K ^a   Arbuckle, Wesley J ^a   Corkum, Lynda D ^a   Li, Weiming ^b   Scott, Alexander P ^c   Zielinski, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Androgen; Pheromone; Round goby; Seminal vesicle; Steroid; Testis

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEMINAL VESICLE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

APOLLONIA MELANOSTOMUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447551732     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.03.034     Document Type: Article

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