Gonadotropins and their paracrine signaling network in the zebrafish ovary

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 209-214

  Ge, Wei ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Activin; EGF; FSH; FSHR; LH; LHR; Ovary; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH DIFFERENTIATION FACTOR 9; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE 27; INHIBIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT LUTEINIZING HORMONE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

BIOREACTOR; CHO CELL; CONFERENCE PAPER; HORMONE ACTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PARACRINE SIGNALING; ZEBRA FISH;

CRICETULUS GRISEUS; DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 33748438698     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-006-0026-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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