Effect of 17β-estradiol and progesterone on vitellogenesis in the spotted ray Torpedo marmorata Risso 1810 (Elasmobranchii: Torpediniformes): Studies on females and on estrogen-treated males

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 157, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 125-132

  Marina, Prisco ^a   Salvatore, Valiante ^a   Di Fiore, Maria Maddalena ^b   Franca, Raucci ^b   Giuseppina, Del Giudice ^a   Maurizio, Romano ^a   Vincenza, Laforgia ^a   Ermelinda, Limatola ^a   Piero, Andreuccetti ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Hormonal control; Progesterone; Torpedo marmorata; Vitellogenesis

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; PROGESTERONE; VITELLOGENIN; ESTROGEN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEXUAL MATURATION; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; TORPEDO MARMORATA; VITELLOGENESIS; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TORPEDO;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; MALE; PROGESTERONE; TORPEDO; VITELLOGENESIS; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 44849091959     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.04.011     Document Type: Article

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