Molecular characterization of five steroid receptors from pengze crucian carp and their expression profiles of juveniles in response to 17α-ethinylestradiol and 17α-methyltestosterone

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 191, Issue , 2013, Pages 113-122

  Zheng, Yao ^a   Wang, Lihong ^b   Li, Meng ^a   Liang, Hongwei ^c   Qin, Fang ^a   Liu, Shaozhen ^a   Wang, Houpeng ^a   Wu, Tingting ^a   Zhang, Yingying ^a   Wang, Zaizhao ^a  

^a NORTHWEST A F UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Northwest A and F University   (China)

^c SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

17 Ethinylestradiol; 17 Methyltestosterone; Androgen receptor; Estrogen receptor; Juvenile pengze crucian carp; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR 2A; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR 2B; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA2; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; STEROID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VITELLOGENIN; VITELLOGENIN B;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GOLDFISH; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; JUVENILE ANIMAL; LIVER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84880388283     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.06.011     Document Type: Article

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