Expression of vitellogenin in the testis and kidney of the spotted ray Torpedo marmorata exposed to 17β-estradiol

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 174, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-325

  Del Giudice, Giuseppina ^a   Prisco, Marina ^a   Agnese, Marisa ^a   Verderame, Mariailaria ^a   Limatola, Ermelinda ^a   Andreuccetti, Piero ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Estrogens; Spotted ray; Vitellogenin extra hepatic expression

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERM CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KIDNEY; KIDNEY CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TESTIS; TORPEDO; TORPEDO MAMMORATA;

EID: 83555161581     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.09.009     Document Type: Article

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