The tapeworm Ligula intestinalis (Cestoda: Pseudophyllidea) inhibits LH expression and puberty in its teleost host, Rutilus rutilus

Reproduction

Volumn 130, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 939-945

  Carter, V ^c   Pierce, R ^a   Dufour, S ^b   Arme, C ^c   Hoole, D ^c  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR DE LILLE   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL REPRODUCTIVE PROCEDURES; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CARP; CESTODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRINIFORMES; GENE SEQUENCE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OVARY; PARASITISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELEOST; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BODY BURDEN; CESTODA; CYPRINIDAE; FEMALE; HOST-PARASITE RELATIONS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; OOCYTES; PITUITARY GLAND; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SEXUAL MATURATION;

ANIMALIA; CESTODA; CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINIFORMES; CYPRINUS CARPIO; LIGULA INTESTINALIS; PSEUDOPHYLLIDEA; RUTILUS RUTILUS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 29244472042     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.00742     Document Type: Article

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