Temporal expression of two Cytochrome P450 Aromatase isoforms during development in Oreochromis mossambicus, in association with histological development

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part D: Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 297-306

  Esterhuyse, M M ^a   Helbing, C C ^b   van Wyk, J H ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cytochrome P450 Aromatase (cyp19); Oreochromis mossambicus; Quantitative real time polymerase chain reaction (QPCR)

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN; ISOENZYME;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME MECHANISM; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HISTOGENESIS; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS;

EID: 54449089948     PISSN: 1744117X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbd.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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