Molecular characterization and expression of three GnRH forms mRNA during gonad sex-change process, and effect of GnRHa on GTH subunits mRNA in the protandrous black porgy (Acanthopagrus schlegeli)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 38-45

  An, Kwang Wook ^a   Nelson, Erik R ^b   Habibi, Hamid R ^b   Choi, Cheol Young ^a  

^a Korea Maritime University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Black porgy; GnRH forms; GnRHa; GTH subunits; Sex change

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MATURITY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SALMON; SEX TRANSFORMATION; TESTIS;

EID: 53349179563     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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