Immunoreactivity of gonadotrophs (FSH and LH cells) and gonadotropin subunit gene expression in the male chub mackerel scomber japonicus pituitary during the reproductive cycle

Zoological Science

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 623-629

  Nyuji, Mitsuo ^a   Selvaraj, Sethu ^a   Kitano, Hajime ^a   Shiraishi, Tetsuro ^a   Yamaguchi, Akihiko ^a   Shimizu, Akio ^b   Matsuyama, Michiya ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FISHERIES RESEARCH AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

chub mackerel; follicle stimulating hormone; luteinizing hormone; pituitary; spermatogenesis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; PERCIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; PERCIFORMES; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS;

RASTRELLIGER; SCOMBER JAPONICUS;

EID: 84865799276     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.29.623     Document Type: Article

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