The information encoded by the sex steroid hormones testosterone and estrogen: A hypothesis

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 146-149

  Zahavi, Amotz ^a   Perel, Marina ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Handicap principle; Mitochondria; Oxidative damage; Reliability; Signals

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ESTROGEN; PROTON PUMP; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OXIDATION; PROTEIN;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; FISH; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; CHOLESTEROL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GONADS; HUMANS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTON PUMPS; TESTOSTERONE;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 79955513317     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2011.04.013     Document Type: Article

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