Changes in brain GnRH mRNA and pituitary GnRH peptide during testicular maturation in barfin flounder

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 435-443

  Amano, Masafumi ^a   Okubo, Kataaki ^b,c   Yamanome, Takeshi ^d   Yamada, Hideaki ^a   Aida, Katsumi ^b   Yamamori, Kunio ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^d IWATE FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Barfin flounder; Brain; GnRH; GSI; mRNA; Pituitary; Real time quantitative PCR; Testis

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOUNDER; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; HATCHING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMON; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

GALLUS GALLUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; VERASPER; VERASPER MOSERI;

EID: 4344564074     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpc.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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