Female-enriched expression of ERα during gonad differentiation of the urodele amphibian Pleurodeles waltl

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 234-245

  Ko, Chia I ^a   Chesnel, Amand ^a   Mazerbourg, Sabine ^a   Kuntz, Sandra ^a   Flament, Stéphane ^a   Chardard, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Aromatase; Estrogen receptor; Sex differentiation

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FAT BODY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVIDUCT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALAMANDER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 40849120536     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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