Molecular identification of genes involved in testicular steroid synthesis and characterization of the response to gonadotropic stimulation in the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) testis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 130-139

  Marín Juez, Rubén ^a   Castellana, Barbara ^a   Manchado, Manuel ^b   Planas, Josep V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b IFAPA CENTRO EL TORUÑO   (Spain)

Author keywords

ESTs; HCG; Microarray; Spermatogenesis; Teleost; Testis

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3ALPHA(OR 20BETA) HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CLAUDIN; CLAUDIN LIKE PROTEIN; COFILIN 2; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; EUKARYOTIC TRANSLATION INITIATION FACTOR 4A; GONADAL SOMA DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; INITIATION FACTOR; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE PHOSPHATASE TYPE IVA MEMBER 2 PROTEIN; PUTATIVE HOMEODOMAIN TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; SMALL NUCLEAR RNA AUXILIARY FACTOR 1; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY RELATED LIPID TRANSFER PROTEIN; SURVIVIN; SURVIVIN 2; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR JUNB; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSKELETON; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GERM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLEA SENEGALENSIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TELEOST; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 79955707568     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.02.003     Document Type: Article

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