Immunohistochemical evidence for 11β-hydroxylase (P45011β) and androgen production in the gonad during sex differentiation and in adults in the protandrous anemonefish Amphiprion clarkii

Zoological Science

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 212-219

  Miura, Saori ^a   Horiguchi, Ryo ^a   Nakamura, Masaru ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen; Anemonefish; Immunohistochemistry; P45011 ; Protandry; Sex differentiation; Steroidogenic enzyme

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPRION CLARKII;

ANDROGEN; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FISH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FISHES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OVARY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROID 11-BETA-HYDROXYLASE; TESTIS;

EID: 41949102598     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.25.212     Document Type: Article

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