Genetic analysis of zebrafish gonadotropin (FSH and LH) functions by TALEN-mediated gene disruption

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 76-98

  Zhang, Zhiwei ^a,b   Zhu, Bo ^a   Ge, Wei ^a,b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE INFERTILITY; FERTILITY; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; GAMETOGENESIS; GENE DELETION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MATURATION; MUTAGENESIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE CELL; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; SPAWNING; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; DELAYED PUBERTY; EMBRYOLOGY; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

DANIO RERIO; VERTEBRATA;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; LUTEINIZING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; MALE; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; PUBERTY, DELAYED; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 84922285831     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: 19449917     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.2014-1256     Document Type: Article

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