Aromatase expression in testes of XY, YY, and XX rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 188-196

  Kotula Balak, Malgorzata ^a   Zielińska, Renata ^a   Glogowski, Jan ^b,c   Kowalski, Radosław K ^b,d   Sarosiek, Beata ^b   Bilińska, Barbara ^a  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND FOOD RESEARCH   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Homogametic males; Immunohistochemistry; Oncorhynchus mykiss Walbaum; Teleostean fish; Testes

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; DIAMINOBENZIDINE; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME XX; CHROMOSOME XY; CHROMOSOME YY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; GAMMA IRRADIATION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAINBOW TROUT; TESTIS CELL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE; TELEOST FISH;

EID: 38649143197     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2007.11.009     Document Type: Article

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