Expression of cyclooxygenase-2 and prostaglandin receptor EP4b mRNA in the ovary of the medaka fish, Oryzias latipes: Possible involvement in ovulation

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 332, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 67-77

  Fujimori, Chika ^a   Ogiwara, Katsueki ^a   Hagiwara, Akane ^a   Rajapakse, Sanath ^b   Kimura, Atsushi ^a   Takahashi, Takayuki ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Cyclooxygenase 2; EP receptor; Gene expression; Medaka; Ovulation; Prostaglandin E2

Indexed keywords

CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; MESSENGER RNA; PROSTAGLANDIN E RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR; PROSTAGLANDIN RECEPTOR EP4B; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORYZIAS; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAWNING; UPREGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITORS; FEMALE; INDOMETHACIN; ISOENZYMES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORYZIAS; OVARY; OVULATION; RECEPTORS, PROSTAGLANDIN E, EP4 SUBTYPE; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 78650523554     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

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