Androgen receptors in a cichlid fish, Astatotilapia burtoni: Structure, localization, and expression levels

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 504, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-73

  Harbott, Lene K ^a   Burmeister, Sabrina S ^a,c   White, Richard B ^a,b   Vagell, Mike ^a   Fernald, Russell D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Ferring Pharmaceuticals AS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor subtypes; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; In situ hybridization; Teleost

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN NUCLEUS; CICHLID; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TELENCEPHALON; TELEOST;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CICHLIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TESTOSTERONE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34547878352     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.21435     Document Type: Article

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