Cloning and expression of the translocator protein (18kDa), voltage-dependent anion channel, and diazepam binding inhibitor in the gonad of largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) across the reproductive cycle

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 86-95

  Doperalski, Nicholas J ^a   Martyniuk, Christopher J ^a,b   Prucha, Melinda S ^a   Kroll, Kevin J ^a   Denslow, Nancy D ^a   Barber, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diazepam binding inhibitor; Endocrine disruption; Largemouth bass; Steroid synthesis; Translocator protein (18kDa); Voltage dependent anion channel

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; DIAZEPAM BINDING INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAZEPAM BINDING INHIBITOR GENE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GONAD; LARGEMOUTH BASS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSLOCATOR PROTEIN GENE; VOLTAGE DEPENDENT ANION CHANNEL GENE;

EID: 79959866757     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.04.027     Document Type: Article

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