Comparative gene expression of gonadotropins (FSH and LH) and peptide levels of gonadotropin-releasing hormones (GnRHs) in the pituitary of wild and cultured Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) broodstocks

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 153, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 266-277

  Guzman J M ^a   Rubio, M ^b   Ortiz Delgado, J B ^c   Klenke, U ^d   Kight, K ^d   Cross, I ^b   Sanchez Ramos I ^b   Riaza, A ^e   Rebordinos, L ^b   Sarasquete, C ^c   Zohar, Y ^d   Mananos E L ^a  

^a CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e Stolt Sea Farm SA   (Spain)

Author keywords

FSH; GnRH; Gonadotropin; LH; Reproductive dysfunction; Senegalese sole; Solea senegalensis; Spawning season

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; SEX HORMONE; VITELLOGENIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FLATFISH; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENEGALESE SOLE; SPAWNING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL;

PLEURONECTIFORMES; SOLEA SENEGALENSIS;

EID: 67349201043     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2009.02.032     Document Type: Article

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