Reproductive regulators in decapod crustaceans: An overview

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 3-16

  Nagaraju, Ganji Purna Chandra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustaceans; Gonads; Peptides; Reproduction; X organ sinus gland

Indexed keywords

AGENTS INTERACTING WITH TRANSMITTER, HORMONE OR DRUG RECEPTORS; ANDROGEN; CARRIER PROTEIN; ECDYSONE; FARNESOIC ACID METHYL ESTER; HORMONE; OPIATE PEPTIDE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VITELLOGENESIS INHIBITING HORMONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENVIRONMENT; EXOCRINE GLAND; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ECDYSONE; ENVIRONMENT; EXOCRINE GLANDS; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FEMALE; INVERTEBRATE HORMONES; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEUROTRANSMITTER AGENTS; OPIOID PEPTIDES; REPRODUCTION;

CRUSTACEA;

EID: 78651264366     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.047183     Document Type: Review

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