Effects of maturation-inducing hormone on heterologous gap junctional coupling in ovarian follicles of Atlantic croaker

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 359-366

  Yoshizaki, Goro ^a   Patiño, Reynaldo ^b   Thomas, Peter ^c   Bolamba, Digbo ^b   Chang, Xiaotian ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atlantic croaker; Gap junctions; Lucifer Yellow; Maturation; Meiosis; Ovary; Teleost

Indexed keywords

HORMONE; LUCIFER YELLOW; MATURATION INDUCING HORMONE; PHORBOL 13 ACETATE 12 MYRISTATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL GROWTH; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; GAP JUNCTION; GERMINAL VESICLE; GRANULAR CELL; MATURATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELEOST; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 0035695292     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7726     Document Type: Article

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