Molecular cloning, tissue distribution, and ontogeny of gonadotropin-releasing hormone III gene (GnRH-III) in half-smooth tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-64

  Zhou, Xiaosu ^a   Yi, Qilin ^a   Zhong, Qiwang ^b   Li, Chunmei ^a   Muhammad, Shafi ^a   Wang, Xubo ^a   Wang, Zhigang ^a   Qi, Jie ^a   Yu, Haiyang ^a   Zhang, Quanqi ^a  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b JIANGXI AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cynoglossus semilaevis; Gene cloning; GnRH III; Promoter analysis

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; NEUROPEPTIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CYNOGLOSSUS SEMILAEVIS; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE ISOLATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE III GENE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; INTRON; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONTOGENY; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TELEOST; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CYNOGLOSSIDAE; CYNOGLOSSUS SEMILAEVIS; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84862979991     PISSN: 10964959     EISSN: 18791107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2012.04.010     Document Type: Article

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