Retinoic acid homeostasis through aldh1a2 and cyp26a1 mediates meiotic entry in Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Feng, Ruijuan ^a   Fang, Lingling ^a   Cheng, Yunying ^a   He, Xue ^a   Jiang, Wentao ^a   Dong, Ranran ^a   Shi, Hongjuan ^a   Jiang, Dongneng ^a   Sun, Lina ^a   Wang, Deshou ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 FAMILY 26; ESTROGEN; FADROZOLE; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINOIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CICHLID; DISORDER OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MEIOSIS; METABOLISM; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CICHLIDS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; ESTROGENS; FADROZOLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MEIOSIS; RETINAL DEHYDROGENASE; RETINOIC ACID 4-HYDROXYLASE; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SYNAPTONEMAL COMPLEX; TRETINOIN;

EID: 84929340129     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep10131     Document Type: Article

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