Molecular identification of the Kiss2/Kiss1ra system and its potential function during 17alpha-methyltestosterone-induced sex reversal in the orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 63-74

  Shi, Yu ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Li, Shuisheng ^a   Liu, Qing ^a   Lu, Danqi ^a   Liu, Min ^b   Meng, Zining ^a   Cheng, Christopher H K ^c   Liu, Xiaochun ^a   Lin, Haoran ^a,d  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epinephelus coioides; Gnrh1; Gnrh3; Kiss1ra; Kiss2; Sex reversal

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; KISS1 RECEPTOR ALPHA; MESSENGER RNA; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN KISS2; PROTEIN KISS2 10; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FISH PROTEIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELL STRAIN COS1; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GLYCOSYLATION; HISTOLOGY; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OLFACTORY BULB; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEX TRANSFORMATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEOST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; CHLOROCEBUS AETHIOPS; COS 1 CELL LINE; DNA SEQUENCE; HERMAPHRODITE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PERCIFORMES; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESS;

EPINEPHELINAE; EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES; TELEOSTEI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; COS CELLS; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HERMAPHRODITIC ORGANISMS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERCIFORMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEX DETERMINATION PROCESSES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 77954182700     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.109.080044     Document Type: Article

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