Estradiol, aromatase and steroid receptors involved in the sex change of protandrous black porgy, Acanthopagrus schlegeli

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 131-133

  Du, Jin Lien ^a   Lin, Bih Yun ^a   Lee, Yan Hoarn ^b   Yueh, Wen Shiun ^c   He, Chun Lin ^a   Lee, Mong Fong ^a   Sun, Lian Tien ^a   Chang, Ching Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Aromatase; Black porgy; Estradiol 17 ; Estrogen receptor; Gonadal development; Sex change

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; AROMATASE; AROMATASE INHIBITOR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FISH GENETICS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HERMAPHRODITISM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBSERVATION; OVARY FUNCTION; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SPAWNING; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VITELLOGENESIS;

ACANTHOPAGRUS; ACANTHOPAGRUS SCHLEGELII;

EID: 8844245528     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FISH.0000030499.77509.23     Document Type: Article

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