Cloning and differential expression of FOXL2 during ovarian development and recrudescence of the catfish, Clarias gariepinus

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 259-268

  Sridevi, P ^a   Senthilkumaran, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Aromatase; FOXL2; Ovarian cycle; Ovarian differentiation; Teleosts

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FORKHEAD TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; PROTEIN FOXL2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BREEDING; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONAD; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY RECRUDESCENCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 83555160875     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.08.015     Document Type: Article

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