Cloning and expression of StAR during gonadal cycle and hCG-induced oocyte maturation of air-breathing catfish, Clarias gariepinus

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 6-11

  Sreenivasulu, G ^a   Sridevi, P ^a   Sahoo, P K ^a   Swapna, I ^a   Ge, W ^b   Kirubagaran, R ^c   Dutta Gupta, A ^a   Senthilkumaran, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEAN TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Catfish; Oocyte maturation; Ovarian cycle; Shift in steroidogenesis; StAR; Testicular cycle

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CATFISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INTESTINE; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE MATURATION; ORTHOLOGY; OVARY; OVARY CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SPAWNING; TESTIS;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67650069205     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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