Identification of 17,20β,21-trihydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one (20β-S) receptor binding and membrane progestin receptor alpha on southern flounder sperm (Paralichthys lethostigma) and their likely role in 20β-S stimulation of sperm hypermotility

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 170, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 629-639

  Tubbs, Christopher ^a,b   Tan, Wenxian ^a   Shi, Bao ^a,c   Thomas, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Flounder; Membrane progestin receptor alpha; Progestin binding; Progestins; Sperm hypermotility; Teleost

Indexed keywords

17,20BETA DIHYDROXYPREGN 4 EN 3 ONE; 17,20BETA,21 TRIHYDROXY 4 PREGNEN 3 ONE RECEPTOR BINDING; 2',5' DIDEOXYADENOSINE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE 5' O (3 THIOTRIPHOSPHATE); MEMBRANE PROGESTIN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FLOUNDER; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 78651461987     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.12.005     Document Type: Article

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