First evidence for a direct inhibitory effect of kisspeptins on LH expression in the eel, Anguilla anguilla

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 216-225

  Pasquier, J ^a   Lafont, A G ^a   Leprince, J ^b   Vaudry, H ^b   Rousseau, K ^a   Dufour, S ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

European eel; Gonadotropin; Kisspeptin receptor; Pituitary cells; Teleost

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GLYCOPROTEIN SUBUNIT; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; KISSPEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; THYROTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLADISTICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIENCEPHALON; EEL; FEMALE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HORMONE INHIBITION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MESENCEPHALON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELENCEPHALON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79959902871     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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