Fish gonadotropin receptors: Molecular characterization and expression during gametogenesis

Fisheries Science

Volumn 68, Issue , 2002, Pages 675-678

  Hirai, Toshiaki ^a   Oba, Yuichi ^b,c   Nagahama, Yoshitaka ^b  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cloning; GTH receptor; salmon; sculpin; tilapia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969374285     PISSN: 09199268     EISSN: 14442906     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2331/fishsci.68.sup1_675     Document Type: Article

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