Gonadotropin regulation of follistatin expression in the cultured ovarian follicle cells of zebrafish, Danio rerio

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 308-315

  Wang, Yajun ^a   Ge, Wei ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activin; cAMP; Follicle cells; Follistatin; Gonadotropin; Ovary; Protein kinase A; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; BUCLADESINE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; FOLLISTATIN; FORSKOLIN; ISOBUTYLMETHYLXANTHINE; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 0344851607     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00275-2     Document Type: Article

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