Cloning and developmental expression of the cytochrome P450 aromatase gene (CYP19) in the European eel (Anguilla anguilla)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 271-280

  Tzchori, Itai ^a,b,d   Degani, Gad ^b,c   Hurvitz, Avshalom ^b   Moav, Boaz ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^d EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatase inhibitor; CYP19; Estradiol 17 ; European eel; Expression; Real time PCR; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EEL; EVALUATION; GONAD; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DETERMINATION; TELEOST;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 4444324595     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.06.007     Document Type: Article

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