The roles of follistatin 1 in regulation of zebrafish fecundity and sexual differentiation

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Jiang, Nan ^a,b   Jin, Xia ^a   He, Jiangyan ^a   Yin, Zhan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Fish reproduction; Follistatin; Fst1; Masculinization; Oocyte maturation; Ovulation; Sex differentiation; Transitioning gonad; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; CASPASE 3; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLISTATIN 1; SMAD2 PROTEIN; SMAD3 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONAD FUNCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SEX RATIO; SEX TRANSFORMATION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; APOPTOSIS; DISORDERS OF SEX DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOLLISTATIN; GONADS; MALE; OOCYTES; OOGENESIS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; VIRILISM; ZEBRAFISH;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84869429939     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: 15297268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.112.099689     Document Type: Article

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