Development of real-time RT-PCR assays for eel gonadotropins and their application to the comparison of in vivo and in vitro effects of sex steroids

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 333-343

  Aroua, Salima ^a   Weltzien, Finn Arne ^a,b   Belle, Nadine Le ^a   Dufour, Sylvie ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Androgens; Estradiol; FSH; LH; Pituitary cell; Steroid feedback; Teleost

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROGEN DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; DOPAMINE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN LEVEL; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 34548696438     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.02.027     Document Type: Article

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