Expression of androgen receptor mRNA in the ovary of Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica, during artificially induced ovarian development

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 424-430

  Tosaka, Ryota ^a   Todo, Takashi ^a   Kazeto, Yukinori ^b   Mark Lokman, P ^c   Ijiri, Shigeho ^a   Adachi, Shinji ^a   Yamauchi, Kohei ^d  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; Androgen receptor; Japanese eel; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR A; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR B; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; OVIPARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THECA CELL; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 77955589983     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.05.005     Document Type: Article

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