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The molecular cloning of a cDNA encoding the pejerrey brain cytochrome P450 aromatase (P450aromB) is described. This form shares higher identity to other brain aromatases than with their respective ovarian counterparts and the self ovarian aromatase. Tissue-specific expression of both aromatases was examined in pejerrey by RT-PCR. The immunocytochemical distribution of P450aromB was described.
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Strobl-Mazzulla, P., López, G., Miranda, L. et al. Neuroanatomical distribution and partial sequence of cDNA encoding brain cytochrome P450 aromatase (P450aromB) in pejerrey Odontesthes bonariensis . Fish Physiology and Biochemistry 28, 51–52 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:FISH.0000030475.35723.33
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1023/B:FISH.0000030475.35723.33
- brain aromatase
- sex-determination
- teleost