Differential regulation of the expression of cytochrome P450 aromatase, estrogen and androgen receptor subtypes in the brain-pituitary-ovarian axis of the Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica) reveals steroid dependent and independent mechanisms

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 163-172

  Jeng, Shan Ru ^a   Pasquier, Jeremy ^b   Yueh, Wen Shiun ^a   Chen, Guan Ru ^c   Lee, Yan Horn ^c   Dufour, Sylvie ^b   Chang, Ching Fong ^d  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aromatase; Eel; Estradiol; Steroid receptor; Teleost; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84855197634     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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