Sex- and tissue-specific expression of P450 aromatase (cyp19a1a) in the yellowtail clownfish, Amphiprion clarkii

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-244

  Kobayashi, Yasuhisa ^a   Horiguchi, Ryo ^a   Miura, Saori ^a   Nakamura, Masaru ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Clownfish; cyp19a1a; Sex change; Teleost

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN;

AMPHIPRION CLARKII; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISH; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMPHIPRION CLARKII; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 72049086433     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.11.004     Document Type: Article

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