The kisspeptin system genes in teleost fish, their structure and regulation, with particular attention to the situation in Pleuronectiformes

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 258-268

  Mechaly, Alejandro S ^a,b   Viñas, Jordi ^a,c   Piferrer, Francesc ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIES DEL MAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; GPR54; Kiss; Kissr; Pleiotropic effects; Puberty

Indexed keywords

KISSPEPTIN; LIGAND; RECEPTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC HALIBUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENERGY BALANCE; FEMALE; FLATFISH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INTRON; KISS GENE; KISSR GENE; MALE; NONHUMAN; OVARY CYCLE; PHYLOGENY; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SENEGALESE SOLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TELEOST; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 84878989064     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.04.010     Document Type: Article

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