Enhanced expression of β-thymosin mRNA in the ovary of GnRH analog or estradiol-17β-treated paradise fish, Macropodus opercularis

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 639-645

  Anathy, V ^a   Kirankumar, S ^a   Pandian, T J ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Estradiol 17 ; GnRH analog; Gonadosomatic index; Macropodus opercularis; Oocyte differentiation; Sequence and phylogeny; Steroidogenic pathway; Thymosin mRNA

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA THYMOSINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTRADIOL; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; THYMOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA LIBRARY; EXPRESSED SEQUENCE TAG; FEMALE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; MALE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVARY CELL; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

MACROPODUS OPERCULARIS; MAMMALIA; PISCES;

EID: 0037367789     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00367-7     Document Type: Article

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