Perspectives on fish gonadotropins and their receptors

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 165, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 412-437

  Levavi Sivan, B ^a   Bogerd, J ^b   Mananos E L ^c   Gomez A ^c   Lareyre, J J ^d  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b Department of Biology   (Netherlands)

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

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; Estradiol; Follicle stimulating hormone; FSH receptor; LH receptor; Luteinizing hormone; Pituitary; Recombinant

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; DOPAMINE; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GHRELIN; GLUTAMIC ACID; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; KISSPEPTIN; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SOMATOMEDIN; STEROID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CELL STRUCTURE; DOPAMINERGIC ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CYCLE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURAL GENOMICS; TELEOST; TILAPIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

EID: 73349106183     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.07.019     Document Type: Article

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