Characterization and expression of the nuclear progestin receptor in zebrafish gonads and brain

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 112-122

  Hanna, Richard N ^a   Daly, Sean C J ^a   Pang, Yefei ^b   Anglade, Isabelle ^c   Kah, Olivier ^c   Thomas, Peter ^b   Zhu, Yong ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; Nuclear progestin receptor; Oocyte; Ovarian follicle; Ovary; pgr; PR; Progesterone; Progesterone receptor; Testis; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

20BETA DIHYDROPROGESTERONE; AMINO ACID; ANDROGEN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN; LUCIFERASE; NUCLEAR PROGESTIN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 17,20 DIHYDROXY 4 PREGNEN 3 ONE; 17,20-DIHYDROXY-4-PREGNEN-3-ONE; PRIMER DNA; PROGESTERONE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; BRAIN; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOSOL; EVOLUTIONARY HOMOLOGY; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GILL; GONAD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTESTINE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRODUCTION; SPERMATOCYTE; SPERMATOGONIUM; TELEOST; TESTIS; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

DANIO RERIO; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; HYDROXYPROGESTERONES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OOCYTES; PREOPTIC AREA; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TESTIS; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 77950365917     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.078527     Document Type: Article

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