Molecular cloning, characterization and expression profiles of three estrogen receptors in protogynous hermaphroditic orange-spotted grouper (Epinephelus coioides)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 172, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 371-381

  Chen, Huapu ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Li, Shuisheng ^a   Lin, Miansheng ^a   Shi, Yu ^a   Sang, Qing ^a   Liu, Min ^b   Zhang, Haifa ^c   Lu, Danqi ^a   Meng, Zining ^a   Liu, Xiaochun ^a   Lin, Haoran ^a,d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guangdong Daya Bay Fishery Development Center   (China)

^d HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epinephelus coioides; Estrogen receptor; Ovarian development; Sex reversal

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA1; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA2; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; HORMONE ACTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TAXONOMIC RANK;

EID: 79957804500     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.03.025     Document Type: Article

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