Aromatase (P450arom) and 11β-hydroxylase (P45011β) genes are differentially expressed during the sex change process of the protogynous rice field eel, monopterus albus

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 511-518

  Liu, Ji Fang ^a,b   Guiguen, Yann ^b   Liu, Shao Jun ^a  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

P450 aromatase; P45011 hydroxylase; Rice field eel; Sex change

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA; MONOPTERUS ALBUS; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

AROMATASE; PRIMER DNA; STEROID 11BETA MONOOXYGENASE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SMEGMAMORPHA; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SMEGMAMORPHA; STEROID 11-BETA-HYDROXYLASE; TESTIS;

EID: 67650361642     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-008-9255-9     Document Type: Article

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