Molecular cloning and functional analysis of the zebrafish luteinizing hormone beta subunit (LH) promoter

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1253-1262

  Chen, Jyh Yih ^a   Chiou, Ming Jyun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Luteinizing hormone subunit gene; Morpholino; Promoter analysis; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LUCIFERASE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUCIFERASES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PITUITARY GLAND; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; TILAPIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 78149499751     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-010-9405-8     Document Type: Article

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