Blue gourami (Trichogaster trichopterus) gonadotropic β subunits (I and II) cDNA sequences and expression during oogenesis

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 177-187

  Jackson, K ^a,b   Goldberg, D ^a   Ofir, M ^a   Abraham, M ^c   Degani, G ^a  

^a MIGAL GALILEE TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GONADOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FISHES; GONADOTROPINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOGENESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032693377     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.0.0230177     Document Type: Article

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