High temperature causes masculinization of genetically female medaka by elevation of cortisol

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 77, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 679-686

  Hayashi, Yuki ^a   Kobira, Hiroshi ^a   Yamaguchi, Toshiya ^a   Shiraishi, Eri ^a   Yazawa, Takashi ^b   Hirai, Toshiaki ^c   Kamei, Yasuhiro ^d   Kitano, Takeshi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^c TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; METYRAPONE; MUELLERIAN INHIBITING FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN HEK293; FEMALE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GERM CELL; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LARVA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORYZIAS; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DETERMINATION; VIRILIZATION;

ANIMALS; ANTIMETABOLITES; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROCORTISONE; MALE; METYRAPONE; ORYZIAS; SEX; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; UP-REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME;

ORYZIAS LATIPES; ORYZIINAE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 77956103653     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: 10982795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrd.21203     Document Type: Article

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