Development of specific enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for determining LH and FSH levels in tilapia, using recombinant gonadotropins

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 323-332

  Aizen, Joseph ^a   Kasuto, Harel ^a   Levavi Sivan, Berta ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

ELISA; FSH; LH; Reproductive cycle; Spawning; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; ANTISERUM; FOLLITROPIN BETA ALPHA SUBUNIT; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPIN; HORMONE ANTIBODY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA ALPHA SUBUNIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CYCLE; OVARY FOLLICLE ATRESIA; PICHIA PASTORIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAWNING; TILAPIA; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 34547099579     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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