Structure of neurohypophysial hormone genes and changes in the levels of expression during spawning season in grass puffer (Takifugu niphobles)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 456-463

  Motohashi, Eiji ^a   Hamabata, Tomoko ^a   Ando, Hironori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Genome; Isotocin; Puffer; Spawning behavior; Vasotocin

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESTOCIN; ISOTOCIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUFFER FISH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPAWNING; TAKIFUGU NIPHOBLES;

EID: 37549036646     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.07.009     Document Type: Article

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