Regulation of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) egg shell proteins and vitellogenin during reproduction and in response to 17β-estradiol and cortisol

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 276-285

  Berg, A H ^a   Westerlund, L ^b   Olsson, P E ^a,c  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

17 Estradiol; Arctic char; Cortisol; Estrogen receptor; Reproductive cycle; Salvelinus alpinus; Vitelline envelope proteins; Vitellogenin; Zona pellucida proteins

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; HYDROCORTISONE; VITELLOGENIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG SHELL; FEMALE; FISH; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SALVELINUS ALPINUS; SEXUAL MATURATION; ZONA PELLUCIDA;

EID: 0347320671     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2003.10.004     Document Type: Article

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