Expression of the androgen receptor in the testes and the concentrations of gonadotropins and sex steroid hormones in male turkeys (Meleagris gallopavo) during growth and development

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 214, Issue , 2015, Pages 149-156

  Kiezun, J ^a   Leska, A ^a   Kaminska, B ^a   Jankowski, J ^a   Dusza, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Gonadotropins; Male turkeys; Sex steroid hormones; Testis

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN;

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR GENE; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS WEIGHT; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS; TURKEY (BIRD); WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANDROGENS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ESTRADIOL; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; GONADOTROPINS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE; TURKEYS;

EID: 84940762424     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.07.012     Document Type: Article

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