Masculinization of the European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) by treatment with an androgen or aromatase inhibitor involves different gene expression and has distinct lasting effects on maturation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-11

  Navarro Martín, Laia ^a   Blázquez, Mercedes ^a   Piferrer, Francesc ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

17 methyldihydrotestosterone; Androgen; Androgen receptor; Aromatase; Aromatase inhibitor; cyp19a; Cyproterone acetate; Dicentrarchus labrax; Estradiol 17 ; Estrogen; Fadrozole; Sea bass; Sex differentiation; Tamoxifen; Teleost

Indexed keywords

17ALPHA METHYLDIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE DERIVATIVE; AROMATASE; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; TAMOXIFEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME REGULATION; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; BASS; CYPROTERONE ACETATE; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; GONADS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TAMOXIFEN;

EID: 57649240257     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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