Sex steroid and thyroid hormone receptor expressions in the thyroid of the American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) during different life stages

Journal of Morphology

Volumn 272, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 698-703

  Bermudez, Dieldrich S ^a,b   Skotko, Jeremy P ^a   Ohta, Yasuhiko ^c   Boggs, Ashley S P ^a   Iguchi, Taisen ^d,e   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^a,f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c TOTTORI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d OKAZAKI INSTITUTE FOR INTEGRATIVE BIOSCIENCE   (Japan)

^e GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^g Hollings Marine Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator; ER ; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYROID GLAND;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FEMALE; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, THYROID HORMONE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTORS ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTORS BETA;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79955647439     PISSN: 03622525     EISSN: 10974687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.10936     Document Type: Article

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