Ghrelinergic system in fish ovaries and ghrelin inhibition of germinal vesicle breakdown in zebrafish oocytes

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 176, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 426-431

  Shepperd, Erin ^a   Peng, Chun ^a   Unniappan, Suraj ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Germinal vesicle breakdown; Ghrelin; Gonads; Oocyte maturation; Reproduction; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DAMAGE; CELL STIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMINAL VESICLE; GHRELINERGIC SYSTEM; GOLDFISH; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; TISSUE SECTION; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 84859896507     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.01.014     Document Type: Article

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