Molecular cloning, expression pattern, and immunocytochemical localization of a gonadotropin-releasing hormone-like molecule in the gastropod mollusk, Aplysia californica

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 201-209

  Zhang, Lihong ^a   Tello, Javier A ^b   Zhang, Weimin ^a   Tsai, Pei San ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia californica; cDNA cloning; Gastropod; GnRH; mRNA expression; Nervous system; Sea hare

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GONADORELIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APLYSIA; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTION; EXOCRINE GLAND; GASTROPOD; GENITAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 40849142150     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.11.015     Document Type: Article

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