Androgens modulate testicular androgen production in African catfish (Clarias gariepinus) depending on the stage of maturity and type of androgen

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 154-163

  Schulz, Rüdiger W ^a,b   Liemburg, Maurice ^a   García López, Ángel ^a   Dijk, Wytske van ^a   Bogerd, Jan ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

African catfish; Gonadotropin receptors; Puberty; Steroidogenesis; Testis

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 39749098611     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.01.002     Document Type: Article

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