Genomic and neural analysis of the estradiol-synthetic pathway in the zebra finch

BMC Neuroscience

Volumn 11, Issue , 2010, Pages

  London, Sarah E ^a   Clayton, David F ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT PROTEIN 18KDA; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN NOBOX; RETINOID X RECEPTOR; STEROID NUCLEAR RECEPTOR; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHOLESTEROL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FINCH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NEUROANATOMY; NEUROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; RNA SPLICING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; CYTOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GENOME; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VOCALIZATION;

ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BRAIN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL; ESTRADIOL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FINCHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENOME; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VOCALIZATION, ANIMAL;

EID: 77950505438     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2202-11-46     Document Type: Article

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