Expression and T3 regulation of thyroid hormone- and sex steroid-related genes during Silurana (Xenopus) tropicalis early development

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 428-435

  Duarte Guterman, Paula ^a   Langlois, Valérie S ^a   Pauli, Bruce D ^b   Trudeau, Vance L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 Reductase; Amphibian; Androgen receptor; Aromatase; Deiodinase; Embryogenesis; Estrogen receptor; Real time RT PCR; Thyroid hormone receptor; Triiodothyronine; Xenopus tropicalis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GASTRULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; HATCHING; HORMONAL REGULATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NEURULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; XENOPUS;

EID: 77349104542     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.12.008     Document Type: Article

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