Discovery of a new reproductive hormone in teleosts: Pituitary adenylate cyclase-activating polypeptide-related peptide (PRP)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 405-410

  Tam, Janice K V ^a   Lee, Leo T O ^a   Cheng, Christopher H K ^b   Chow, Billy K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH); Goldfish; Growth hormone (GH); Luteinizing hormone (LH); PACAP related peptide (PRP); Pituitary adenylate cyclase activating polypeptide (PACAP)

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PITUITARY ADENYLATE CYCLASE ACTIVATING POLYPEPTIDE RELATED PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME REGULATION; FEMALE; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; TELEOST;

EID: 80052457987     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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