Activin stimulates goldfish FSH biosynthesis by enhancing FSHβ promoter activity

Fish Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 65-71

  Ge, Wei ^a   Ko, Nga Ling ^a   Pang, Flora Yee Man ^a   Chung, Me Fong ^a   Lin, Sze Wah ^a   Yuen, Chi Wai ^a   Lau, Man Tat ^a   Liu, Lin ^a   Sohn, Young Chang ^b   Kobayashi, Makito ^c   Aida, Katsumi ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Gangneung Wonju National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; Follistatin; FSH ; Goldfish; L T2; Promoter

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; GROWTH FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GOLDFISH; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; GONAD FUNCTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; VERTEBRATE;

CARASSIUS AURATUS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 8844226625     PISSN: 09201742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:FISH.0000030478.31396.bb     Document Type: Article

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