Androgen-specific regulation of FSH signalling in the previtellogenic ovary and pituitary of the New Zealand shortfinned eel, Anguilla australis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 176, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 132-143

  Setiawan, Alvin N ^a   Ozaki, Yuichi ^a   Shoae, Alireza ^a   Kazeto, Yukinori ^b   Lokman, P Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

11 Ketotestosterone; Androgen; Eel; Gonadotropin; Ovary

Indexed keywords

11 OXOTESTOSTERONE; ANDROGEN; ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANGUILLA AUSTRALIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FRESHWATER FISH; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS; NEW ZEALAND; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY FOLLICLE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VITELLOGENESIS;

EID: 84858863795     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.12.041     Document Type: Article

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