Neurosteroidogenic enzymes and their regulation in the early brain of the protogynous grouper Epinephelus coioides during gonadal sex differentiation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 271-287

  Nagarajan, Ganesan ^a   Aruna, Adimoolam ^a   Chang, Ching Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Brain; Cyp19a1b; Fish; Gonadal sex differentiation; Steroidogenic enzymes

Indexed keywords

3BETA HYDROXY DELTA5 STEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROSTEROID; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES; FEMALE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROSTEROIDOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84873055688     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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