Expression of the two cytochrome P450 aromatase genes in the male and female blue gourami (Trichogaster trichopterus) during the reproductive cycle

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 159, Issue 2-3, 2008, Pages 208-213

  Ezagouri, Meital ^a,b   Yom Din, Svetlana ^a,c   Goldberg, Doron ^c   Jackson, Karen ^b,c   Levavi Sivan, Berta ^a   Degani, Gad ^b,c  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

^c MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Aromatase; CYP19; Gonadal cycle; Gourami; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPERMATOGENESIS; TELEOST; TISSUE LEVEL; TRICHOGASTER TRICHOPTERUS; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 55549084507     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.08.009     Document Type: Article

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