Estrogen biosynthesis in the gonad of the frog Rana rugosa

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 207-212

  Isomura, Tomoko ^a   Haraguchi, Shogo ^a   Miyamoto, Kaoru ^a   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a   Nakamura, Yoriko ^b   Nakamura, Masahisa ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CYP19; Estradiol 17 ; Gonad; Rana rugosa; Sex determination

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE; TRITIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FROG; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RANA RUGOSA; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOMATIC CELL; TADPOLE;

EID: 78650308310     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.10.015     Document Type: Article

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