Changes in the expression of pituitary gonadotropin subunits during reproductive cycle of multiple spawning female chub mackerel Scomber japonicus

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 883-897

  Nyuji, Mitsuo ^a   Selvaraj, Sethu ^a   Kitano, Hajime ^a   Ohga, Hirofumi ^a   Yoneda, Michio ^b   Shimizu, Akio ^b   Kaneko, Kensuke ^a   Yamaguchi, Akihiko ^a   Matsuyama, Michiya ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chub mackerel; Follicle stimulating hormone; Gene expression; Luteinizing hormone; Multiple spawning; Reproductive cycle

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; VITELLOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VITELLOGENESIS;

RASTRELLIGER; SCOMBER JAPONICUS;

EID: 84860888979     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-011-9576-y     Document Type: Article

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