Acute hypoxia up-regulates HIF-1α and VEGF mRNA levels in Amazon hypoxia-tolerant Oscar (Astronotus ocellatus)

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1307-1318

  Baptista, R B ^a   Souza Castro, N ^a   Almeida Val, V M F ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon; Astronotus ocellatus; Gene expression; HIF 1 ; Hypoxia; VEGF

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; FISH PROTEIN; HYPOXIA INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1ALPHA; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; VASCULOTROPIN A;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CICHLID; FEMALE; GENETICS; HYPOXIA; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; CICHLIDS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; FEMALE; FISH PROTEINS; HYPOXIA; HYPOXIA-INDUCIBLE FACTOR 1, ALPHA SUBUNIT; LIVER; MALATE DEHYDROGENASE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RNA, MESSENGER; UP-REGULATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 84961217912     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: 15735168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10695-016-0219-1     Document Type: Article

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