Loss of follicle-stimulating hormone receptor function causes masculinization and suppression of ovarian development in genetically female medaka

Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 3136-3145

  Murozumi, Norikazu ^a   Nakashima, Ryo ^a   Hirai, Toshiaki ^b   Kamei, Yasuhiro ^c   Ishikawa Fujiwara, Tomoko ^d   Todo, Takeshi ^d   Kitano, Takeshi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; FEMALE; MALE; MUTATION; ORYZIAS; OVARY; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, FSH;

EID: 84904966118     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2013-2060     Document Type: Article

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