Dual roles of cyp19a1a in gonadal sex differentiation and development in the protandrous black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1111-1120

  Wu, Guan Chung ^a   Tomy, Sherly ^a   Nakamura, Masaru ^b   Chang, Ching Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early development; Estradiol; Male sexual function; Ovary; Testis

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELI; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FISH; HORMONAL REGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FISHES; GERM CELLS; GONADS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARY; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTOSTERONE;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELII;

EID: 56749095309     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.108.069146     Document Type: Article

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