Expression and gonadotropin regulation of membrane progestin receptor alpha in Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) gonads: Role in gamete maturation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 144-154

  Tubbs, Christopher ^a   Pace, Margaret ^a   Thomas, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Membrane progestin receptor alpha; Oocyte; Sperm; Teleost; Testes

Indexed keywords

GESTAGEN; GONADOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR A;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GERM CELL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; IN VITRO STUDY; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TELEOST;

EID: 71649086183     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.06.017     Document Type: Article

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