Cloning of a second form of activin-βA cDNA and regulation of activin-βA subunits and activin type II receptor mRNA expression by gonadotropin in the zebrafish ovary

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 287-299

  DiMuccio, Tamara ^a   Mukai, Spencer T ^a   Clelland, Eric ^a   Kohli, Gurneet ^a   Cuartero, Mercedes ^a   Wu, Tingting ^a,b   Peng, Chun ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Activin; Activin receptors; Gonadotropin; Ovary; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR 2; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GONADOTROPIN; ISOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE LEVEL; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 23844441346     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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