Molecular cloning of doublesex and mab-3-related transcription factor 1, forkhead transcription factor gene 2, and two types of cytochrome P450 aromatase in Southern catfish and their possible roles in sex differentiation

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 223-241

  Liu, Zhihao ^a   Wu, Fengrui ^a   Jiao, Baowei ^a,c   Zhang, Xiuyue ^a   Hu, Chongjiang ^a   Huang, Baofeng ^a   Zhou, Linyan ^a,b   Huang, Xigui ^a   Wang, Zhijian ^a   Zhang, Yaoquang ^a   Nagahama, Y Yoshitaka ^b   Cheng, Christopher H K ^c   Wang, Deshou ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1A; DOUBLESEX AND MAB 3 RELATED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1B; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 2; ISOENZYME; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GILL; GONAD; HATCHING; HYPOPHYSIS; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SPLEEN; TESTIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BASE SEQUENCE; CATFISHES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN ANTAGONISTS; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TAMOXIFEN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 34547470459     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-07-0135     Document Type: Article

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