Synergistic effects of salmon gonadotropin-releasing hormone and estradiol-17β on gonadotropin subunit gene expression and release in masu salmon pituitary cells in vitro

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-121

  Ando, Hironori ^a   Swanson, Penny ^b   Kitani, Tomoko ^a   Koide, Nobuhisa ^c   Okada, Houji ^d   Ueda, Hiroshi ^a   Urano, Akihisa ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Hokkaido Fish Hatchery   (Japan)

^d Hokkaido Wakkanai Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Gene expression; Gonadotropin; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Pituitary; Release; Salmon

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG POTENTIATION; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REPRODUCTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SALMON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPAWNING;

EID: 1942535834     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.02.012     Document Type: Article

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