Three nuclear and two membrane estrogen receptors in basal teleosts, Anguilla sp.: Identification, evolutionary history and differential expression regulation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 235, Issue , 2016, Pages 177-191

  Lafont, Anne Gaëlle ^a   Rousseau, Karine ^a   Tomkiewicz, Jonna ^b   Dufour, Sylvie ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Eel; Estrogen membrane receptor; Estrogen nuclear receptor; Evolution; Hepatocytes; Teleosts

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR 2A; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR 2B; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR A; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ANGUILLA (FISH); ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN PITUITARY GONAD AXIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENOME; HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SYNTENY; ANGUILLA; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 84964669831     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.11.021     Document Type: Article

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