Steroidogenic activities of follicle-stimulating hormone in the ovary of Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 83-90

  Kamei, Hiroyasu ^a   Kaneko, Toyoji ^a   Aida, Katsumi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eel; Follicle cells; FSH; Ovarian development; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

8 BROMO CYCLIC AMP; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; FEMALE; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID RELEASE; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE RELEASE; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 33644796634     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.09.019     Document Type: Article

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