Steroid signaling system responds differently to temperature and hormone manipulation in the red-eared slider turtle (Trachemys scripta elegans), a reptile with temperature-dependent sex determination

Sexual Development

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 181-196

  Ramsey, M ^a   Crews, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Aromatase inhibitor; Development; Estradiol treatment; Estrogen receptor; Gonad; Steroid signaling; Temperature dependent sex determination; Trachemys scripta

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; STEROID; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EMBRYO CELL; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BODY TEMPERATURE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX DETERMINATION (GENETICS); SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDS; TURTLES;

REPTILIA; TRACHEMYS; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA ELEGANS;

EID: 34547794623     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000102107     Document Type: Article

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