The role of thyroid hormones during the development of eye pigmentation in the Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 112-116

  Kawakami, Yutaka ^a   Yokoi, Kenichi ^a   Kumai, Hidemi ^b   Ohta, Hiromi ^a  

^a Faculty of Agriculture   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Early development; Methimazole; Pacific bluefin tuna; Retinal pigmentation epithelium; Thyroid hormone

Indexed keywords

ANTITHYROID AGENT; LEVOTHYROXINE; MESSENGER RNA; THIAMAZOLE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EYE COLOR; HATCHING; HORMONAL REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; THUNNUS ORIENTALIS; TUNA;

THUNNUS ORIENTALIS;

EID: 41549118836     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2008.02.002     Document Type: Article

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