The aromatase inhibitor fadrozole and the 5-reductase inhibitor finasteride affect gonadal differentiation and gene expression in the frog silurana tropicalis

Sexual Development

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 333-341

  Duarte Guterman, P ^a   Langlois, V S ^a   Hodgkinson, K ^a   Pauli, B D ^b   Cooke, G M ^c   Wade, M G ^d   Trudeau, V L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c TOXICOLOGY RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

^d HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 alpha reductase; 5 beta reductase; Amphibian; Aromatase; Gene expression; Histology; Intersex; Thyroid hormone; Xenopus tropicalis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 77949290623     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000280586     Document Type: Article

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