Androgen rather than estrogen up-regulates brain-type cytochrome P450 aromatase (cyp19a1b) gene via tissue-specific promoters in the hermaphrodite teleost ricefield eel Monopterus albus

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 350, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 125-135

  Zhang, Yang ^a,d   Zhang, Shen ^a   Zhou, Wenliang ^a   Ye, Xing ^b   Ge, Wei ^c   Cheng, Christopher H K ^c   Lin, Haoran ^a   Zhang, Weimin ^a   Zhang, Lihong ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Androgen; Cyp19a1b; Estrogen; Monopterus albus; Tissue specific promoter

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHROME P450 AROMATASE GENE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; DNA SEQUENCE; EEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HERMAPHRODITIC SPECIES; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRON; MONOPTERUS ALBUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATOR GENE; TELEOST; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL LINE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; EELS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PITUITARY GLAND; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RESPONSE ELEMENTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84856066555     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2011.12.001     Document Type: Article

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