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| Bigot, Laetitia; Zatylny-gaudin, Celine; Rodet, Franck; Bernay, Benoit; Boudry, Pierre; Favrel, Pascal. |
| Gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH), a key neuropeptide regulating reproduction in vertebrates has now been characterized in a number of non-vertebrate species. Despite the demonstration of its ancestral origin, the structure and the function of this family of peptides remain poorly known in species as distant as lophotrochozoans. In this study, two GnRH-related peptides (Cg-GnRH-a and CgGnRH-G) were characterized by mass spectrometry from extracts of the visceral ganglia of the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas. These peptides showed a high degree of sequence identity with GnRHs of other mollusks and annelids and to a lesser extent with those of vertebrates or with AKH and corazonins of insects. Both the mature peptides and the transcript encoding the... |
| Tipo: Text |
Palavras-chave: Mollusk; Bivalve; Oyster; Neuroendocrinology; Reproduction; GnRH. |
| Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00079/19003/17477.pdf |
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