Molecular cloning and functional characterization of a zebrafish nuclear progesterone receptor

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 171-181

  Chen, Shi X ^a,b   Bogerd, Jan ^b   García López, Ángel ^b   De Jonge, Hugo ^b   De Waal, Paul P ^b   Hong, Wan S ^a   Schulz, Rüdiger W ^b,c  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gonad development; Nuclear progesterone receptor; Steroid hormones; Steroid release; Testis

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 11BETA HYDROXYTESTOSTERONE; 17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; AMINO ACID; ANDROGEN; CELL MARKER; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; MIFEPRISTONE; NUCLEAR PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PIWIL 1 PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 11-KETOTESTOSTERONE; 17,20 DIHYDROXY 4 PREGNEN 3 ONE; 17,20-DIHYDROXY-4-PREGNEN-3-ONE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HORMONE ANTAGONIST; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE; TESTOSTERONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANDROGEN RELEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GERM CELL; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MAMMAL CELL; MODULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTOGENY; OPEN READING FRAME; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPORTER GENE; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SECRETION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; PISCES; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HORMONE ANTAGONISTS; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; MALE; MIFEPRISTONE; OPEN READING FRAMES; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 77950353456     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.077644     Document Type: Article

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