Seasonal expression of LHβ and FSHβ in the male newt pituitary gonadotrophs

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 141, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 248-258

  Kano, Yoshihiko ^a   Nakano, Tomoaki ^a   Kumakura, Masahiko ^b   Wasa, Takashi ^a   Suzuki, Masakazu ^a   Yamauchi, Kiyoshi ^a   Tanaka, Shigeyasu ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Gene expression; In situ hybridization; Luteinizing hormone; Newt; Pituitary; Real time RT PCR; Seasonal changes

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADECTOMY; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TESTIS FUNCTION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; GOLGI COMPLEX; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; SALAMANDER; SEASON; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM, ROUGH; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; GOLGI APPARATUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, IMMUNOELECTRON; PITUITARY GLAND; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SALAMANDRIDAE; SEASONS;

EID: 16244384218     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.01.003     Document Type: Article

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