Elevated expression of P450c17 (CYP17) during testicular formation in the frog

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 79-87

  Iwade, Ryosuke ^a   Maruo, Koichi ^a   Okada, Goro ^a   Nakamura, Masahisa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 HSD; Amphibians; CYP11A1; CYP17; CYP19; In situ hybridization; Rana rugosa; RT PCR; Sex reversal

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 11A1; CYTOCHROME P450 17; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; FEMALE; FROG; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TADPOLE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 36249023271     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.02.032     Document Type: Article

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