Doublesex- and Mab-3-related transcription factor-1 repression of aromatase transcription, a possible mechanism favoring the male pathway in Tilapia

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1331-1340

  Wang, De Shou ^a,b,c   Zhou, Lin Yan ^b   Kobayashi, Tohru ^b,d   Matsuda, Masaru ^b   Shibata, Yasushi ^b,c   Sakai, Fumie ^b,c   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^b,c  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; LUCIFERASE; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR DMRT1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; ENZYME REPRESSION; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TILAPIA; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CELL LINE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENIC FACTOR 1; TILAPIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 77149160601     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-0999     Document Type: Article

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