Endocrine regulation of gonadotropin and growth hormone gene transcription in fish

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - C Pharmacology Toxicology and Endocrinology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 325-338

  Melamed, Philippa ^a   Rosenfeld, Hannah ^b   Elizur, Abigail ^b   Yaron, Zvi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR MARICULTURE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Dopamine; Estradiol; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropins; Growth hormone; II Ketotestosterone; Insulin like growth factor I; Protein kinase A; Protein kinase C; Somatostatin; Testosterone; Transcription

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE C; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOSTATIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; CARP; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FISH; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GOLDFISH; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; TILAPIA;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE GLANDS; FISHES; GROWTH HORMONE; MALE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0032100166     PISSN: 07428413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0742-8413(98)00021-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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