A novel model for development, organization, and function of gonadotropes in fish pituitary

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 5, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Golan, Matan ^a   Biran, Jakob ^a   Levavi Sivan, Berta ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

FSH; Gonadotropin; LH; Tilapia; Transgene; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FADROZOLE; FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ANATOMY; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL GENETICS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CELL COUNT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MCHERRY TRANSGENE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PROMOTER REGION; PUBERTY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY SEQUENCE; REPRODUCTION; TILAPIA; TRANSGENE; TRANSGENIC ZEBRAFISH; TRANSGENICS;

EID: 84930668150     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2014.00182     Document Type: Article

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