Characterisation and expression during sex differentiation of Sox19 from the sea bass Dicentrarchus labrax

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 316-323

  Navarro Martín, Laia ^a   Galay Burgos, Malyka ^b   Piferrer, Francesc ^a   Sweeney, Glen ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Gonadal differentiation; Sea bass; Sox gene family; Sox19

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIATION; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GONAD; INTRON; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; SOX19 GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84867984691     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: 18791107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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