Differential expression and regulation of gonadotropins and their receptors in the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 161-173

  Jeng, Shan Ru ^a   Yueh, Wen Shiun ^a   Chen, Guan Ru ^b   Lee, Yan Horn ^b   Dufour, Sylvie ^c   Chang, Ching Fong ^d  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^c MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Eel; FSH; Gonadotropin receptors; Induced maturation; LH; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID; TESTOSTERONE;

ANGUILLA JAPONICA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; EXTRACELLULAR FLUID; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE CLUSTER; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOPHYSIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVARY FUNCTION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TELEOST; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 34548451290     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.05.026     Document Type: Article

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