Vitellogenin of Fujian oyster, Crassostrea angulata: Synthesized in the ovary and controlled by estradiol-17β

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 202, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-43

  Ni, Jianbin ^a,b   Zeng, Zhen ^a   Kong, Dezheng ^a   Hou, Lin ^a   Huang, Heqing ^a   Ke, Caihuan ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Marine Hazard Mitigation Service   (China)

Author keywords

Crassostrea angulata; Estradiol 17 ; Follicle cell; Oyster; Vitellogenin gene

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTRADIOL; MESSENGER RNA; VITELLOGENIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; AUXILIARY CELL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRASSOSTREA ANGULATA; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; FISH; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HEMOLYMPH; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLLUSC; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; OPEN READING FRAME; OVARY; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; VG GENE;

CRASSOSTREA ANGULATA; ESTRADIOL-17Β; FOLLICLE CELL; OYSTER; VITELLOGENIN GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CRASSOSTREA; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; TIME FACTORS; VITELLOGENINS;

EID: 84900012957     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.03.034     Document Type: Article

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