Targeted gene disruption in zebrafish reveals noncanonical functions of lh signaling in reproduction

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1785-1795

  Chu, Lianhe ^a   Li, Jianzhen ^a,b   Liu, Yun ^a   Hu, Wei ^c   Cheng, Christopher H K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR LIKE EFFECTOR NUCLEASE; ZEBRAFISH PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; EXON; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; GENOMIC FRAGMENT; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE MATURATION; OPEN READING FRAME; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FUNCTION; OVARY INSUFFICIENCY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; RNA ISOLATION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC MUTATION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STEROIDOGENESIS; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OVARY FOLLICLE; OVULATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MALE; MUTATION; OVARIAN FOLLICLE; OVULATION; RECEPTORS, FSH; RECEPTORS, LH; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERM MOTILITY; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84908316471     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: 19449917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2014-1061     Document Type: Article

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