Gonadotropin-releasing hormone in invertebrates: Structure, function, and evolution

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 48-53

  Tsai, Pei San ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

GnRH; Invertebrates; Mollusk; Protostomes

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

BIOLOGY; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHORDATA; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; EVOLUTION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INVERTEBRATE; MOLLUSC; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33744977637     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.09.016     Document Type: Short Survey

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