wnt4 is associated with the development of ovarian tissue in the protandrous black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1073-1082

  Wu, Guan Chung ^a   Chang, Ching Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Cyp19a1a; Early development; Estradiol; Gonadal development; Oocyte development; Sex change; Sex differentiation; wnt4

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; WNT4 PROTEIN; 1,4,6-ANDROSTATRIEN-3,17-DIONE; ANDROSTA 1,4,6 TRIENE 3,17 DIONE; ANDROSTANE DERIVATIVE; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; WNT PROTEIN;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELI; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; FOXL2 GENE; GENE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HERMAPHRODITISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TESTIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; OVARY; PERCIFORMES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELII;

ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANDROSTATRIENES; ANIMALS; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITORS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HERMAPHRODITISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; OVARY; PERCIFORMES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; WNT PROTEINS;

EID: 73949141882     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.077362     Document Type: Article

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