Characterization of inhibin α subunit (inha) in the zebrafish: Evidence for a potential feedback loop between the pituitary and ovary

Reproduction

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 709-719

  Poon, Shui Kei ^a   So, Wai Kin ^a   Yu, Xiaobin ^a   Liu, Lin ^a   Ge, Wei ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; FORSKOLIN; INHIBIN A; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GLYCOSYLATION; HYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VITELLOGENESIS; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GOLDFISH; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; ZEBRAFISH;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; DANIO RERIO; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 71049116449     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: 17417899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/REP-09-0198     Document Type: Article

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