CpG methylation of dmrt1 and cyp19a promoters in relation to their sexual dimorphic expression in the Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

Journal of Fish Biology

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 193-205

  Wen, A Y ^a,b   You, F ^a   Sun, P ^a   Li, J ^a   Xu, D D ^a   Wu, Z H ^a   Ma, D Y ^a   Zhang, P J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

DNA methylation level; Gonads; Sex related gene

Indexed keywords

PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

AROMATASE; DMRT1 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CPG ISLAND; DNA METHYLATION; DNA METHYLATION LEVEL; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; GONAD; MALE; METABOLISM; OVARY; PROMOTER REGION; SEX-RELATED GENE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TESTIS;

DNA METHYLATION LEVEL; GONADS; SEX-RELATED GENE;

ANIMALS; AROMATASE; CPG ISLANDS; DNA METHYLATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; OVARY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84891628556     PISSN: 00221112     EISSN: 10958649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jfb.12277     Document Type: Article

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