GnRH and GnRH receptors in metazoa: A historical, comparative, and evolutive perspective

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 346-364

  Kah, O ^a   Lethimonier, C ^a   Somoza, G ^b   Guilgur, L G ^b   Vaillant, C ^a   Lareyre, J J ^c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOTECNOLÓGICAS   (Argentina)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Evolution; Genome duplication; GnRH; GnRH receptor; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN 1; GONADORELIN 2; GONADORELIN DERIVATIVE; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR 1; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR 2; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR 3; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR 4; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR 5; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GONAD FUNCTION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; METAZOON; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; TELEOST;

EID: 34547097521     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.01.030     Document Type: Review

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