Comparative analysis of the pituitary and ovarian GnRH systems in the leopard gecko: Signaling crosstalk between multiple receptor subtypes in ovarian follicles

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 38, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 289-304

  Ikemoto, Tadahiro ^a   Park, Min Kyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL STRAIN COS7; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG LAYING; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPTILE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LIZARDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, LHRH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33847640499     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JME-06-0010     Document Type: Article

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