Induction of three vitellogenins by 17beta-estradiol with concurrent inhibition of the growth hormone-insulin-like growth factor 1 axis in a euryhaline teleost, the tilapia (Oreochromis mossambicus)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 614-625

  Davis, Lori K ^a   Hiramatsu, Naoshi ^b   Hiramatsu, Kaori ^b   Reading, Benjamin J ^b   Matsubara, Takahiro ^c   Hara, Akihiko ^d   Sullivan, Craig V ^b   Pierce, Andrew L ^a   Hirano, Tetsuya ^a   Grau, E Gordon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

^d HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estradiol; Estrogen receptor; Growth hormone; Insulin like growth factor; Vitellogenin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; VITELLOGENIN; YOLK PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ESR1 GENE; ESR2 GENE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELEOST; TILAPIA; VERTEBRATE; VTG GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; FISH PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRODUCTION; TILAPIA; UP-REGULATION; VITELLOGENINS;

OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; TELEOSTEI; TILAPIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34848824699     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.107.060947     Document Type: Article

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