Comparative insights of the kisspeptin/kisspeptin receptor system: Lessons from non-mammalian vertebrates

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 234-243

  Tena Sempere, Manuel ^a   Felip, Alicia ^b   Gómez, Ana ^b   Zanuy, Silvia ^b   Carrillo, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Expression; Intracellular signaling; Kisspeptin receptors; Kisspeptin regulation; Kisspeptins; Vertebrate evolution

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; KISSPEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; SEX HORMONE;

AMPHIBIA; ASSOCIATION; FERTILITY; FISH; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENOMICS; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HYPOGONADOTROPIC HYPOGONADISM; METASTASIS INHIBITION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; REPTILE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84855243037     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.11.015     Document Type: Review

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