Temporal expression and steroidal regulation of piRNA pathway genes (mael, piwi, vasa) during Silurana (Xenopus) tropicalis embryogenesis and early larval development

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 202-206

  Zhang, Dapeng ^a   Duarte Guterman, Paula ^a   Langlois, Valérie S ^a   Trudeau, Vance L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphibian; Embryogenesis; Fadrozole; Finasteride; Mael; piRNA; Piwi; Sex steroid; Vasa

Indexed keywords

5ALPHA PREGNANE 3,20 DIONE; 5BETA ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; FINASTERIDE; PIWI INTERACTING RNA; PIWI PROTEIN; PROTEIN MAEL; PROTEIN VASA; SEX HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC REGULATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STEROIDOGENESIS; XENOPUS;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

EID: 77952741734     PISSN: 15320456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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