Characterization of Gonadal Transcriptomes from Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Reveals Differentially Expressed Genes

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Tao, Wenjing ^a   Yuan, Jing ^a   Zhou, Linyan ^a   Sun, Lina ^a   Sun, Yunlv ^a   Yang, Shijie ^a   Li, Minghui ^a   Zeng, Sheng ^a   Huang, Baofeng ^a   Wang, Deshou ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE SYNTHASE; ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTOME; FISH PROTEIN;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENHANCEMENT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERM CELL; GONAD; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PHENOTYPE; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; CICHLID; CYTOLOGY; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MALE; METABOLISM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GERM CELLS; GONADS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84877021932     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063604     Document Type: Article

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