Characterization of the cDNAs encoding three GnRH forms in the pejerrey fish Odontesthes bonariensis (Atheriniformes) and the evolution of GnRH precursors

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 614-627

  Guilgur, Leonardo G ^a   Ortí, Guillermo ^b   Strobl Mazzulla, Pablo H ^a   Fernandino, Juan I ^a   Miranda, Leandro A ^a   Somoza, Gustavo M ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Gonadotropin releasing hormone (GnRH); mRNA expression; Pejerrey; Phylogeny; Reproduction; Teleosts

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE TYPE I; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE TYPE II; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE TYPE III; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION; GONAD; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; ODONTESTHES BONARIENSIS; OSMOREGULATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPRODUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARGENTINA ELONGATA; ATHERINIFORMES; ODONTESTHES BONARIENSIS; TELEOSTEI; TETRAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34250775425     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-006-0125-8     Document Type: Article

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