Identification of members of the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) families in the genome of the holocephalan, Callorhinchus milii (elephant shark)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 237-244

  Nock, Tanya G ^a   Chand, Dhan ^a   Lovejoy, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chondrichthyes; CRF; Gnathostomes; GnRH; HPA axis; Peptide structure evolution; Reproduction; Stress; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GONADORELIN; UROCORTIN III; UROTENSIN I;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CALLORHINCHUS MILII; FISH GENETICS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; PSEUDOGENE; SHARK;

EID: 79952484528     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.02.001     Document Type: Article

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