A relaxin-like peptide purified from radial nerves induces oocyte maturation and ovulation in the starfish, Asterina pectinifera

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 9507-9512

  Mita, Masatoshi ^a   Yoshikuni, Michiyasu ^a,d   Ohno, Kaoru ^b   Shibata, Yasushi ^b   Paul Prasanth, Bindhu ^b   Pitchayawasin, Suthasinee ^c   Isobe, Minoru ^c   Nagaham, Yoshitaka ^b  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

1 methyladenine; Gonad stimulating substance; Gonadotropin; In situ hybridization; Insulin like growth factor relaxin superfamily

Indexed keywords

1 METHYLADENINE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP; CYSTEINE; GONAD STIMULATING SUBSTANCE; INSULIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PEPTIDE HORMONE; RELAXIN; SOMATOMEDIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASTERINA PECTINIFERA; CROSS LINKING; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVULATION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIAL NERVE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARFISH; SYNTHESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASTERINA; BASE SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROPEPTIDES; OOGENESIS; OVULATION;

ASTERINA PECTINIFERA; ASTEROIDEA; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67249116594     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900243106     Document Type: Article

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