Isolation and characterization of Ff1 and Gsdf family genes in European sea bass and identification of early gonadal markers of precocious puberty in males

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 191, Issue , 2013, Pages 155-167

  Crespo, Berta ^a   Gómez, Ana ^a   Mazón, María José ^a   Carrillo, Manuel ^a   Zanuy, Silvia ^a  

^a CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gonadal soma derived factor; Hemigonadectomy; Nr5a subfamily; Perciform; Precocious puberty; Testis

Indexed keywords

CYCLINE; MESSENGER RNA; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; GENE; GONADAL SOMA DERIVED FACTOR 1 GENE; GONADAL SOMA DERIVED FACTOR 2 GENE; GONADECTOMY; JUVENILE ANIMAL; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR 5 SUBFAMILY A1A GENE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR 5 SUBFAMILY A1B GENE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR 5 SUBFAMILY A2 GENE; NUCLEAR RECEPTOR 5 SUBFAMILY A5 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSACTIVATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84880358336     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.06.010     Document Type: Article

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