Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone and its receptor in the avian reproductive system

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 34-43

  Bentley, George E ^a   Ubuka, Takayoshi ^a   McGuire, Nicolette L ^a   Chowdhury, Vishwajit S ^b   Morita, Yoshihiro ^c   Yano, Tetsu ^c   Hasunuma, Itaru ^b   Binns, Molly ^a   Wingfield, John C ^d   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Estradiol; FSH; GnIH; GnRH; Gonads; Granulosa; Leydig; LH; RFamide; Testosterone

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN ANTAGONIST; NEUROPEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDIDYMIS; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLUOROGRAPHY; GALLIFORMES; GENITAL SYSTEM; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVIDUCT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; SONGBIRD; STEROIDOGENESIS; THECA CELL; VAS DEFERENS;

EID: 39649092091     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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