Differential and gonad stage-dependent roles of kisspeptin1 and kisspeptin2 in reproduction in the modern teleosts, Morone species

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Zmora, Nilli ^a   Stubblefield, John ^a   Zulperi, Zarirah ^a   Biran, Jakob ^b   Levavi Sivan, Berta ^b   Muñoz Cueto, Jose Antonio ^c   Zohar, Yonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fish; Kisspeptin; Kisspeptin receptor; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN; KISSPEPTIN; KISSPEPTIN 2; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; METASTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CELL ADHESION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GONAD; HYBRID; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; LASER CAPTURE MICRODISSECTION; MALE; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELEOST; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; BASS; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

MORONE; TELEOSTEI; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; BASS; FEMALE; GONADS; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS; KISSPEPTINS; MALE; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84862896226     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.111.097667     Document Type: Article

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