Molecular characterization of Chinese sturgeon gonadotropins and cellular distribution in pituitaries of mature and immature individuals

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 303, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 34-42

  Cao, Hong ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Zhang, Yan Zhen ^b   Wei, Qi Wei ^b   Chen, Xi Hua ^b   Gui, Jian Fang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Freshwater Fish Germplasm Resources and Biotechnology   (China)

Author keywords

Acipenser sinensis; AsFSH ; AsGTH I; AsLH ; Gonadotropin; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN ALPHA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIPENSER SINENSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA LIBRARY; FEMALE; FISH; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FISHES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 63149127932     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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