Estrogen treatment up-regulates female genes but does not suppress all early testicular markers during rainbow trout male-to-female gonadal transdifferentiation

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 41, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 277-288

  Vizziano Cantonnet, Denise ^a,b   Baron, Daniel ^b   Mahè, Sophie ^b   Cauty, Chantal ^b   Fostier, Alexis ^b   Guiguen, Yann ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^b Campus de Beaulieu   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 4; ESTROGEN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR DAX 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DMRT1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXL2A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXL2B; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; FEMINIZATION; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADS; MALE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 57749101009     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JME-08-0039     Document Type: Article

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