Previtellogenic oocyte growth and transcriptional changes of steroidogenic enzyme genes in immature female Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.) after exposure to the androgens 11-ketotestosterone and testosterone

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 304-313

  Kortner, Trond M ^a   Rocha, Eduardo ^b,c   Arukwe, Augustine ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Interdisciplinary Centre for Marine and Environmental Research   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Androgens; Atlantic cod; Histology; Previtellogenic oocytes; Reproductive endocrinology

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 3ALPHA(OR 20BETA) HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CYCLIN B; CYTOCHROME P450 MEDIATED CHOLESTEROL SIDE CHAIN CLEAVAGE PROTEIN; EGG ENVELOPE GLYCOPROTEIN; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; OPIOID GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR PROTEIN P23; PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TAF9 LIKE DOMAIN 1 PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZONA PELLUCIDA PROTEIN A DOMAIN PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE ACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

GADUS MORHUA; HELIANTHUS;

EID: 61349202132     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2008.11.001     Document Type: Article

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