Molecular characterization of marbled eel (Anguilla marmorata) gonadotropin subunits and their mRNA expression profiles during artificially induced gonadal development

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-202

  Huang, Hai ^a,b   Zhang, Yong ^a   Huang, Wei Ren ^a   Li, Shui Sheng ^a   Zhu, Pei ^a   Liu, Yun ^a   Yin, Shao Wu ^b   Liu, Xiao Chun ^a   Lin, Hao Ran ^a,b  

^a Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory for Aquatic Economic Animals   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

Anguilla marmorata; Artificially inducing gonadal development; Expression; Gonadotropin

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID ANALYSIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANGUILLA MARMORATA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; EEL; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GLYCOSYLATION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 67349212425     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.02.012     Document Type: Article

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