Quantification of gonadotropin subunits GPα, FSHβ, and LHβ mRNA expression from Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) throughout a reproductive cycle

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 288-295

  Mittelholzer, Christian ^a   Andersson, Eva ^a   Taranger, Geir Lasse ^a   Karlsen, Ørjan ^a   Norberg, Birgitta ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Gadus morhua; Gonadotropin; mRNA expression

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN ALPHA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC COD; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CYCLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; SPAWNING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNTRANSLATED REGION; VITELLOGENESIS;

GADUS MORHUA;

EID: 67349094909     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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