Gonadotropin-releasing hormone in protostomes: Insights from functional studies on Aplysia californica

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 321-326

  Sun, Biao ^a   Kavanaugh, Scott I ^a   Tsai, Pei San ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia californica; Central nervous system; GnRH; Mollusk; Motor; Protostome

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN;

APLYSIA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; OCTOPUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOSTOMIA; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 84859885990     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.11.030     Document Type: Review

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