Dimorphic expression of various transcription factor and steroidogenic enzyme genes during gonadal ontogeny in the air-breathing catfish, clarias gariepinus

Sexual Development

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 213-223

  Raghuveer, K ^a,c   Senthilkumaran, B ^a   Sudhakumari, C C ^a   Sridevi, P ^a   Rajakumar, A ^a   Singh, R ^a   Murugananthkumar, R ^a   Majumdar, K C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Catfish; Dimorphic expression; Gonadal development; Ovary; Sex differentiation; Teleosts; Testis

Indexed keywords

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; TELEOSTEI;

AROMATASE; DMRT1 PROTEIN; ENZYME; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX9;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATFISH; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CATFISHES; ENZYMES; FEMALE; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; MALE; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOX9 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; STEROIDS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 79960949152     PISSN: 16615425     EISSN: 16615433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000328823     Document Type: Article

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