Homologues of sox8 and sox10 in the orange-spotted grouper Epinephelus coioides: Sequences, expression patterns, and their effects on cyp19a1a promoter activities in vitro

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-95

  Liu, Qiongyou ^a   Lu, Huijie ^a   Zhang, Lihong ^a   Xie, Jun ^b   Shen, Wenying ^c   Zhang, Weimin ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c University of Shaoxing   (China)

Author keywords

Cyp19a1a promoter; Orange spotted grouper Epinephelus coioides; Sox10a; Sox8a; Transcriptional regulation

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX10; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SOX8;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYP19A1A GENE; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA SEQUENCE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HATCHING; IN VITRO STUDY; INTRON; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MOUSE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DETERMINATION; SOX10 GENE; SOX10A GENE; SOX8 GENE; SOX8A GENE; TELEOST; TESTIS; UPREGULATION;

EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84863008032     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: 18791107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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