From the discovery of the crustacean androgenic gland to the insulin-like hormone in six decades

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 381-388

  Ventura, Tomer ^a   Rosen, Ohad ^a   Sagi, Amir ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Androgenic gland; Crustacea; Insulin like androgenic hormone; Sexual differentiation

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; C PEPTIDE; INSULIN LIKE ANDROGEN HORMONE; INSULIN LIKE PEPTIDE; NEUROPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANDROGENIC GLAND; CRUSTACEA; ENDOCRINE GLAND; ENZYME GLYCOSYLATION; ENZYME MODIFICATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 80052505365     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.05.018     Document Type: Review

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