Evolution of GnRH: Diving deeper

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-16

  Roch, Graeme J ^a   Busby, Ellen R ^a   Sherwood, Nancy M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adipokinetic hormone; Corazonin; GnRH superfamily; Phylogenetic analysis; Pituitary; Vasopressin oxytocin

Indexed keywords

ADIPOKINETIC HORMONE; CORAZONIN; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; OXYTOCIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASOPRESSIN; VASOPRESSIN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANNELID WORM; GENE DUPLICATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; INVERTEBRATE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 79951513280     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.12.014     Document Type: Review

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