Expression profiles of reproduction- and thyroid hormone-related transcripts in the brains of chemically-induced intersex frogs

Sexual Development

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 26-32

  Langlois, V S ^a   Duarte Guterman, P ^a   Trudeau, V L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

5 alpha reductase; 5 beta reductase; Aromatase; Fadrozole; Finasteride; Receptor; Thyroid hormone; Xenopus tropicalis

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; ANURA; XENOPUS TROPICALIS;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FADROZOLE; FINASTERIDE; MESSENGER RNA; SEX HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION DISORDER; XENOPUS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; BRAIN; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FADROZOLE; FEMALE; FINASTERIDE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; LIVER; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROID HORMONES; XENOPUS;

EID: 79551506146     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000322875     Document Type: Article

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