Vitellogenesis in Aquatic Animals

Fisheries Science

Volumn 68, Issue , 2002, Pages 694-699

  Hiramatsu, Naoshi ^a   Matsubara, Takahiro ^b   Weber, Gregory M ^c   Sullivan, Craig V ^a   Hara, Akihiko ^d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR COOL AND COLD WATER AQUACULTURE   (United States)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

endocrine disrupters; fish; lipovitellin; phosvitin; proteolysis; vitellogenin; component

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037770181     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.68.sup1_694     Document Type: Article

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