Studies in zebrafish reveal unusual cellular expression patterns of gonadotropin receptor messenger ribonucleic acids in the testis and unexpected functional differentiation of the gonadotropins

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2349-2360

  García López, Ángel ^a,d   De Jonge, Hugo ^a   Nóbrega, Rafael H ^a   De Waal, Paul P ^a   Van Dijk, Wytske ^a   Hemrika, Wieger ^b   Taranger, Geir L ^c   Bogerd, Jan ^a   Schulz, Rüdiger W ^a,c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b U Protein Express BV   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS MARINAS DE ANDALUCÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; FORSKOLIN; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; ANDROGEN; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; GONADOTROPIN; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; N [2 (4 BROMOCINNAMYLAMINO)ETHYL] 5 ISOQUINOLINESULFONAMIDE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; SULFONAMIDE; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FSHR GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; LEYDIG CELL; LHCGR GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SPERMATOGENESIS; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; TESTIS FUNCTION; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONADOTROPINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ISOQUINOLINES; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITORS; RECEPTORS, FSH; RECEPTORS, GONADOTROPIN; RECEPTORS, LH; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; SULFONAMIDES; TESTIS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 77953151038     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-1227     Document Type: Article

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