| presence of prolactin receptors in eel liver and carp kidney and growth hormone receptor in eel liver. | 1. 125i-labelled ovine prolactin and bovine growth hormone were used to test for the presence of prolactin and growth hormone receptors in membrane prepared from tissues of the white eel anguilla japonica, the carp ctenopharynogodon idellus and the ricefield eel monopterus albus. 2. high levels of specific 125i-labelled ovine prolactin binding were found in white eel liver membranes and carp kidney membranes. 3. high levels of specific 125i-labelled bovine growth hormone binding were detected in ... | 1991 | 1678335 |
| pituitary extract of the ricefield eel monopterus albus (synbranchidae, teleostei) exhibits gonadotropic activity in the classes mammalia, aves, reptilia and amphibia. | pituitary extract of the ricefield eel monopterus albus demonstrated gonadotropic activity in mammals and non-mammalian vertebrates. using the rat as the recipient, fsh activity was detected in monopterus pituitaries in the hcg augmentation test and lh activity in the ovarian ascorbic acid depletion test. cyclic amp level in superovulated ovaries, ovarian lactate production and glucose uptake in vitro, plasma testosterone level in males, testicular enzymes, ventral prostate weight and other andr ... | 1986 | 2873938 |
| in vivo effects of olh and lhrh-analog on sex reversal and plasma sex steroid profiles in the female monopterus albus. | the effects of ovine-luteinizing hormone (olh) or a synthetic analog of luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone, des-gly10[s-ala6]-lhrh ethylamide acetate salt (lhrh-a), on the female phase of the protogynous monopterus albus were investigated, and the plasma levels of androstenedione (ad), testosterone (t), 11-oxotestosterone (kt), 11 beta-hydroxytestosterone (oht), 17 beta-estradiol (e2) and progesterone were determined. in the postspawning stage, olh induced precocious sex reversal in the gonad ... | 1993 | 8504919 |
| a survey of gnathostoma larvae in fresh water fish in the valley of the yangtze river and morphological characteristics of the recovered larvae. | investigations of the prevalence of larval gnathostomes in fresh water fishes were carried out at the southeastern yangtze valley, people's republic of china, in the periods of october 1989 and november 1990. fishes were collected from shanghai, chenchiang, nanching, chiuchiang and nanchang districts in 1989. additional sampling in shanghai district was done at kunshan, tien-shanfu, chingpu and nanhui. species of fishes collected were channa argus (110), siniperca chuatsi (24) and silurus asotus ... | 1996 | 9185266 |
| identification, localization and morphology of apud cells in gastroenteropancreatic system of stomach-containing teleosts. | aim:to identify the type localization and morphology of apud endocrine cells in the gastroenteropancreatic (gep) system of stomach-containing teleosts, and study apud endocrine system in the stomach, intestine and pancreas of fish species.methods:two kinds of immunocytochemical (icc) techniques of the streptavidin biotin-peroxidase complex (sabc) and streptavidin-peroxidase (s-p) method were used. the identification, localization and morphology of apud endocrine cells scattered in the mucosa of ... | 2000 | 11819706 |
| sry-related genes in the genome of the rice field eel (monopterus albus). | the mammalian sex determining gene, sry, is the founding member of the new growing family of sox (sry-like hmg-box gene) genes. sox genes encode transcription factors with diverse roles in development, and a few of them are involved in sex determination and differentiation. we report here the existence of sox genes in the rice field eel, monopterus albus, and dna sequence information of the hmg box region of five sox genes. the sox1, sox4 and sox14 genes do not have introns in the hmg box region ... | 2002 | 11929629 |
| a survey of the infective larvae of gnathostoma spinigerum in swamp eels bought in a local market in bangkok, thailand. | the livers were separated from the viscera of 2738 swamp eels (monopterus alba) purchased from klong toey market, the largest market in bangkok, between june 1999 and may 2000. when these livers were digested in artificial gastric juice, 524 (19.1%) were found to be infected with the human-infective, third-stage larvae (l3) of gnathostoma spp. all the identified larvae were confirmed morphologically to be g. spinigerum. prevalence of the infection varied with season, from a high of 38.3% in sept ... | 2002 | 12080980 |
| dentiphilometra monopteri n. gen., n. sp. (nematoda: philometridae) from the abdominal cavity of the ricefield eel monopterus albus in china. | a new genus and species of philometrid nematode dentiphilometra monopteri n. gen., n. sp., are described on the basis of the specimens found in the abdominal cavity of the ricefield eel (swamp-eel) monopterus albus (zouiev) from liangzi lake (the yangtze river drainage system), hubei province, in central china. dentiphilometra, assigned to the philometrinae, differs from other genera of this subfamily mainly in the presence of a sclerotized oral ring armed on its inner surface by numerous small ... | 2002 | 12435137 |
| [sex chromosome homologies between human and fish revealed by the chromosome painting method]. | human sex chromosome-specific probes were hybridized to metaphase spreads of three fish species, monopterus albus zuiew, danio rerio and mastacembelus aculeatus basilewsky, to reveal evolutionary conservation of sex chromosomal segments between distantly related species of vertebrates. the human x chromosomal paint disclosed 4, 8, and 6 conserved syntenic segments in the karyotypes of the three fish species respectively, which were scattered in several pairs of homologous chromosomes. but no con ... | 2002 | 12500673 |
| fish as the natural second intermediate host of gnathostoma spinigerum. | gnathostomiasis is a helminthic disease most frequently occurring in thailand. human infections are usually found to be caused by gnathostoma spinigerum, although five species of the genus gnathostoma exist in thailand, and three of these are capable of infecting man. in thailand, 47 species of vertebrates--fish (19), frogs (2), reptiles (11), birds (11) and mammals (4)--have been reported to serve naturally as the second intermediate (and/or paratenic) hosts of g. spinigerum. of these, fish, es ... | 2002 | 12971477 |
| similar gene structure of two sox9a genes and their expression patterns during gonadal differentiation in a teleost fish, rice field eel (monopterus albus). | the sox9 gene encodes a transcription factor that is critical for testis determination and chondrogenesis in vertebrates. mutations in human sox9 cause campomelic dysplasia, a dominant skeletal dysmorphology syndrome often associated with male to female sex reversal. here we show that the sox9a gene was duplicated during evolution of the rice field eel, monopterus albus, a freshwater fish which undergoes natural sex reversal from female to male during its life, and has a haploid genome size (0.6 ... | 2003 | 14502599 |
| isolation and chromosomal localization of zfx homologue in genome of rice field eel (monopterus albus zuiew). | when used as a probe in rice field eel (monopterus albus zuiew) genomic southern blotting hybridization, the giant panda zfx gene hybridized strongly to a fragment of about 9.5 kb. a 512 bp long dna fragment has been isolated by polymerase chain reaction from rice field eel genomic dna using the primers for amplifying zinc finger repeats 7 to 13 of mammalian and reptilian zfx-related genes. cloned in pbs, four recombinant plasmids were selected randomly from male and female specimens and sequenc ... | 2004 | 15481530 |
| gnathostoma infection in fish caught for local consumption in nakhon nayok province, thailand i. prevalence and fish species. | between august 2000 and august 2001, 12,216 fish of 73 species were purchased from several local markets in nakhon nayok province, thailand, and examined for the presence of gnathostoma larvae. almost all species were fresh-water fish that had grown naturally, rather than raised commercially. eight species were found to be infected with gnathostome larvae. the overall prevalence was 5.1% (626/12,216) and a total of 5,969 larvae was recovered. the highest rate of infection (30.1 %) was found in m ... | 2004 | 15689060 |
| gnathostoma infection in fish caught for local consumption in nakhon nayok province, thailand. ii. deasonal variation in swamp eels. | from august 2000 to august 2001, 1844 swamp eels (monopterus albus) were purchased from several local markets in nakhon nayok province, thailand, and examined for the presence of gnathostoma advanced third-stage larvae. the overall prevalence was 30.1% and the mean number of larvae/eel (infection intensity) was 10.0. the highest infection rate (44.1%) was found in august 2000 and the lowest (10.7%) in march 2001. the greatest mean number of larvae/eel (75.1) was found in august 2000, whereas the ... | 2004 | 15916069 |
| [molecular cloning and expression analysis of swamp eel (monopterus albus) hprt]. | the enzyme hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (hprt) plays an important role in the purine salvage pathways. full-length cdna of swamp eel (monopterus albus, the rice field eel) hprt gene was obtained by the race method. the cdna sequence was 1452 bp in length, which encoded a protein of 218 amino acids. amino acid identities of hprt between swamp eel and other vertebrates including human, mouse, chicken and zebrafish were more than 76.7%. phylogenetic tree analysis based on the amin ... | 2006 | 16818429 |
| residual levels of ddts and pahs in freshwater and marine fish from hong kong markets and their health risk assessment. | axial and ventral muscle from 10 each species of freshwater and marine fish purchased from markets in hong kong were analyzed for dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (total ddts including dde, ddd and ddt) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (pahs). among the 10 freshwater fish species, rice field eel (monopterus albus) showed significantly higher levels of ddts in both ventral (125 ng/g wet wt) and axial muscle (127 ng/g wet wt) than the other species. the highest concentration of pahs was detecte ... | 2007 | 16870232 |
| seasonal population dynamics of pallisentis (neosentis) celatus (acanthocephala: quadrigyridae) in the intestine of the rice-field eel monopterus albus in china. | studies on the seasonal population dynamics of pallisentis (neosentis) celatus (acanthocephala: quadrigyridae) in the intestine of the rice-field eel monopterus albus from the paddies and ditches in the dong-ting lake basin of china, were carried out with samples taken from june 2002 to may 2003. prevalences were above 21% in all seasons sampled and with a distinct seasonal trend, which was highest (45.81%) in the spring and decreased by degrees. the mean intensity of infection was above 4.0 wor ... | 2007 | 18028579 |
| a new species of dentiphilometra (nematoda: philometridae) from the musculature of the gray snapper lutjanus griseus (osteichthyes) off the caribbean coast of mexico. | a new nematode, dentiphilometra lutjani n. sp. (philometridae), is described from gravid females (the male is unknown) collected from the body musculature of the marine perciform fish gray snapper, lutjanus griseus (lutjanidae), from the bay of chetumal and southern coast of quintana roo, off the caribbean coast of mexico. the new species differs from the only other congener, dentiphilometra monopteri, from the swamp eel monopterus albus in china, mainly in the body length of gravid female (15.4 ... | 2007 | 18163349 |
| cloning, structure, and expression pattern of the p-450 aromatase gene in rice field eel (monopterus albus). | we report the cloning, tissue expression, and structural analysis of the aromatase gene in the rice field eel (monopterus albus). the ovary-derived cdna (1,802 bp) has a 49 bp 5'-untranslated region (utr), a 202 bp 3'-utr, and a 1,551 bp open-reading frame, which encodes a protein of 517 amino acid residues with a predicted molecular weight of 58.2 kda. the amino acid sequence alignment suggests that the rice field eel ovarian p-450 aromatase shares 63-80% identity with that of other fish specie ... | 2008 | 18246459 |
| mitochondrial dna diversity of monopterus albus from the sichuan basin of china. | genetic diversity of monopterus albus in a wild population in the sichuan basin was investigated by employing mtdna polymorphisms. the mitochondrial control region was sequenced for a total of 59 individuals collected from four localities. these sequences (553 bp) belonged to 13 haplotypes defined by eight polymorphic sites. the haplotypes were clustered into one lineage, suggesting that monopterus albus from the sichuan basin might originate from a single ancestor in maternal lineages. the gene ... | 2008 | 18661228 |
| compositions and functions of the hatching froth from ricefield eel (monopterus albus zuiew). | the ricefield eel (monopterus albus) is an economic fish species in china. to improve its artificial reproduction, we studied the compositions and functions of the hatching froth secreted by ricefield eels. the froth showed a viscosity of 2.72 mpas, composed of glycoproteins with a sugar content of 0.156 mg/ml and a protein content of 0.250 mg/ml at a ratio of 1.60. the froth proteins were identified by sds-page as four proteins with the molecular weights of 42.5, 58.6, 65.3, and 98.2 kda respec ... | 2010 | 18949569 |
| prevalence of gnathostoma spinigerum infection in wild and cultured swamp eels in vietnam. | human infections with gnathostoma spinigerum frequently occur in southern vietnam. previous investigations have implicated infected swamp eels (monopterus albus) as an important source of infection to humans. because aquaculture of m. alba is an important farming activity in vietnam, a 2-yr study was carried out to assess the relative importance of farmed and wild eels as potential sources of gnathostome infections in humans. eels sold for public consumption in markets in southern provinces were ... | 2009 | 19245276 |
| development of eustrongylides ignotus (nematoda: dioctophmida) in domestic ducks (anas platyrhynchos domestica (l.)). | investigating the development of eustrongylides ignotus in its definitive host would enable us to trace the complete life cycle of this nematode. fourth-stage larvae isolated from naturally infected swamp eels (monopterus albus) were used to infect domestic ducks (anas platyrhynchos domestica [l.]). we observed that male and female worms exhibited different developmental patterns in host ducks. in males, the fourth molt occurred at day 1-2 post-infection (pi), after which they attained maturity ... | 2009 | 19463029 |
| [gnathostoma larvae investigation in fresh water fishes in the valley of chinese chang river and the morphological characteristics of the larvae]. | an investigations were carried out on the prevalence of larval gnathostomes in fresh water fishes in southeast area of the yang-tze valley, the people's republic of china, from october to november. the fishes were collected from five districts which were from shanghai, chenchiang, nanching, chiuchiang and nanchang, especially the shanghai district involved kunshan, tienshanhu, chingpu and nanhui areas. species of the fishes collected were channa argus (110), siniperca chuatssi (24) and silurus a ... | 2010 | 20653198 |
| purification and characterization of pepsinogens and pepsins from the stomach of rice field eel (monopterus albus zuiew). | three pepsinogens (pg1, pg2, and pg3) were highly purified from the stomach of freshwater fish rice field eel (monopterus albus zuiew) by ammonium sulfate fractionation and chromatographies on deae-sephacel, sephacryl s-200 hr. the molecular masses of the three purified pgs were all estimated as 36 kda using sds-page. two-dimensional gel electrophoresis (2d-page) showed that pi values of the three pgs were 5.1, 4.8, and 4.6, respectively. all the pgs converted into corresponding pepsins quickly ... | 2010 | 21140210 |
| molecular cloning and analysis of gonadal expression of foxl2 in the rice-field eel monopterus albus. | we isolated the complete foxl2 (foxl2a) cdna from the monopterus albus ovary. an alignment of known foxl2 amino-acid sequences confirmed the conservation of the foxl2 open reading frame, especially the forkhead domain and c-terminal region. the expression of foxl2 was detected in the brain, eyes, and gonads. a high level of foxl2 expression in the ovary before sex reversal, but its transcripts decreased sharply when the gonad developed into the ovotestis and testis. the correlation between the f ... | 2014 | 25363394 |
| gene cloning and mrna expression of glutamate dehydrogenase in the liver, brain, and intestine of the swamp eel, monopterus albus (zuiew), exposed to freshwater, terrestrial conditions, environmental ammonia, or salinity stress. | the swamp eel, monopterus albus, is an obligatory air-breathing teleost which can undergo long period of emersion, has high environmental and tissue ammonia tolerance, and can survive in brackish water. we obtained a cdna sequence of glutamate dehydrogenase (gdh), which consisted of a 133-bp 5' utr, a complete coding sequence region spanning 1629 bp and a 3' utr of approximately 717 bp, from the liver, intestine, and brain of m. albus. the translated gdh amino acid sequence had 542 residues, and ... | 2011 | 22319499 |
| high brain ammonia tolerance and down-regulation of na+:k+:2cl(-) cotransporter 1b mrna and protein expression in the brain of the swamp eel, monopterus albus, exposed to environmental ammonia or terrestrial conditions. | na(+):k(+):2cl(-) cotransporter 1 (nkcc1) has been implicated in mediating ischemia-, trauma- or ammonia-induced astrocyte swelling/brain edema in mammals. this study aimed to determine the effects of ammonia or terrestrial exposure on ammonia concentrations in the plasma and brain, and the mrna expression and protein abundance of nkcc/nkcc in the brain, of the swamp eel monopterusalbus. ammonia exposure led to a greater increase in the ammonia concentration in the brain of m. albus than terrest ... | 2013 | 24069137 |
| [cloning and expression analysis of two pro-inflammatory cytokines, il-1β and its receptor, il-1r2, in the asian swamp eel monopterus albus]. | interleukin-1β (il-1β) is the prototypic pro-inflammatory cytokine, whose functions are mediated through interaction with its receptors (il-1r1 and il-1r2). herein, we cloned the full-length cdna and genomic dna of il-1β and il-1r2 in the asian swamp eel (monopterus albus). the eel il-1β cdna encodes a putative polypeptide of 246 amino acids. the protein sequence includes a typical il-1 family signature, but lacked an interleukin-converting enzyme cleavage site. the genomic dna of eel il-1β was ... | 2017 | 27830678 |
| gene cloning and induced expression pattern of irf4 and irf10 in the asian swamp eel (monopterus albus). | the asian swamp eel (monopterus albus) is one of the most economically important freshwater fish in east asia, but data on the immune genes of m. albus are scarce compared to other commercially important fish. a better understanding of the eel's immune responses may help in developing strategies for disease management, potentially improving yields and mitigating losses. in mammals, interferon regulatory factors (irfs) play a vital role in both the innate and adaptive immune system; though among ... | 2014 | 25297077 |
| molecular cloning, genomic structure, polymorphism analysis and recombinant expression of a α1-antitrypsin like gene from swamp eel, monopterus albus. | alpha-1-antitrypsin (aat) is a highly polymorphic glycoprotein antiprotease, involved in the regulation of human immune response. beyond some genomic characterization and a few protein characterizations, the function of teleost aat remains uncertain. in this study we cloned an aat-like gene from a swamp eel liver identifying four exons and three introns, and the full-length cdna. the elucidated swamp eel aat amino acid sequence showed high homology with known aats from other teleosts. the swamp ... | 2017 | 28108341 |
| genetic diversity of infective larvae of gnathostoma spinigerum (nematoda: gnathostomatidae) in freshwater swamp eels from thailand. | human gnathostomiasis is a food-borne zoonosis caused by a tissue nematode of the genus gnathostoma. the disease is highly endemic in asia, including thailand. the freshwater swamp eel (monopterus albus), the second intermediate host of the gnathostome nematode, has an important role in transmitting the infection in thailand. surveys on the infective larvae of gnathostoma spinigerum based on morphological features in freshwater swamp eels have been performed continuously and reported in thailand ... | 2016 | 27890039 |
| larval gnathostoma spinigerum detected in asian swamp eels, monopterus albus, purchased from a local market in yangon, myanmar. | the present study was performed to determine the infection status of swamp eels with gnathostoma sp. larvae in myanmar. we purchased total 37 asian swamp eels, monopterus albus, from a local market in yangon in june and december 2013 and 2014. all collected eels were transferred with ice to our laboratory and each of them was examined by the artificial digestion technique. a total of 401 larval gnathostomes (1-96 larvae/eel) were detected in 33 (89.2%) swamp eels. most of the larvae (n=383; 95.5 ... | 2015 | 26537042 |
| gnathostoma spinigerum in live asian swamp eels (monopterus spp.) from food markets and wild populations, united states. | in southeast asia, swamp eels (synbranchidae: monopterus spp.) are a common source of human gnathostomiasis, a foodborne zoonosis caused by advanced third-stage larvae (al3) of gnathostoma spp. nematodes. live asian swamp eels are imported to us ethnic food markets, and wild populations exist in several states. to determine whether these eels are infected, we examined 47 eels from markets and 67 wild-caught specimens. nematodes were identified by morphologic features and ribosomal intergenic tra ... | 2014 | 24661441 |
| positivity and intensity of gnathostoma spinigerum infective larvae in farmed and wild-caught swamp eels in thailand. | from july 2008 to june 2009, livers of the swamp eels (monopterus alba) were investigated for advanced third-stage larvae (al3) of gnathostoma spinigerum. results revealed that 10.2% (106/1,037) and 20.4% (78/383) of farmed eels from aranyaprathet district, sa kaeo province and those of wild-caught eels obtained from a market in min buri district of bangkok, thailand were infected, respectively. the prevalence was high during the rainy and winter seasons. the infection rate abruptly decreased in ... | 2012 | 22711921 |
| molecular phylogeny and host specificity of the larval eustrongylides (nematoda: dioctophmidae) from freshwater fish in china. | the nematodes eustrongylides spp. collected from different fish species in china were examined for their intra- and interspecific evolutionary variations using the molecular markers mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase c subunit 1 (coi) gene and internal transcribed spacer (its) rdna regions. the phylogenetic analysis indicated that eustrongylides species are divided into 3 well-supported clades. the its divergence between the clades suggested that clades 2 and 3 might represent the same species, wh ... | 2013 | 22924908 |
| molecular cloning and sequence analysis of full-length growth hormone cdnas from six important economic fishes. | in this study,the full-length cdnas of gh (growth hormone) gene was isolated from six important economic fishes, siniperca kneri, epinephelus coioides, monopterus albus, silurus asotus, misgurnus anguillicaudatus and carassius auratus gibelio bloch. it is the first time to clone these gh sequences except e. coioides gh. the lengths of the above cdnas are as follows: 953 bp, 1 023 bp, 825 bp, 1 082 bp, 1 154 bp and 1 180 bp. each sequence includes an orf of about 600 bp which encodes a protein of ... | 2005 | 15715434 |
| flow cytometric determination of genome size for eight commercially important fish species in china. | the genome size (c value) of eight commercially important fish species in china was measured using flow cytometry. chicken (gallus domesticus) erythrocytes were used as reference cells. when using propidium iodide (pi) as the fluorescent dye, genome sizes were 1.09 ± 0.08, 2.75 ± 0.12, 1.05 ± 0.05, 1.35 ± 0.11, 0.99 ± 0.05, 0.90 ± 0.08, 0.90 ± 0.07, and 0.88 ± 0.07 pg for japanese eel (anguilla japonica), mullet (myxocyprinus asiaticus), yellowcheek carp (elopichthys bambusa), blunt snout bream ... | 2012 | 22956044 |
| glucose transport in fish erythrocytes: variable cytochalasin-b-sensitive hexose transport activity in the common eel (anguilla japonica) and transport deficiency in the paddyfield eel (monopterus albus) and rainbow trout (salmo gairdneri). | erythrocytes from individual common eels (anguilla japonica temminck and schlegel) exhibited widely variable initial rates of cytochalasin-b-sensitive 3-o-methyl-d-glucose (3-omg) zero-trans influx, in the range of 0-19.5 mmol l-cells-1 h-1 (5 mmol l-1 extracellular concentration at 20 degrees c, 50 animals tested). storage of cells at 4 degrees c in a glucose-containing medium for up to 72 h had no effect on 3-omg uptake, and there was no correlation between the sugar permeabilities of erythroc ... | 1990 | 2307927 |
| isolation of heat-tolerant myoglobin from asian swamp eel monopterus albus. | myoglobin from asian swamp eel monopterus albus was purified from fish muscle using salt fractionation followed by column chromatography and molecular filtration. the purified mb of 0.68 mg/g wet weight of muscle was determined for its molecular mass by maldi-tof-ms to be 15,525.18 da. using isoelectric focusing technique, the purified mb showed two derivatives with pi of 6.40 and 7.12. six peptide fragments of this protein identified by lc-ms/ms were homologous to mbs of sea raven hemitripterus ... | 2012 | 22538454 |
| comparative proteomics analysis of degenerative eye lenses of nocturnal rice eel and catfish as compared to diurnal zebrafish. | the aim of this study was to determine the lens crystallin diversity of degenerative eyes from the rice eel (monopterus albus) and walking catfish (clarias batrachus) as compared to that of zebrafish (danio rerio) by using comparative proteomics methodologies. we endeavored to investigate the evolution of vertebrate lenses particularly concerning the functional loss of lenses in degenerative eyes of rice eels and catfishes living under an environment of perpetual darkness. | 2013 | 23559856 |
| sequence and expression analysis of interferon regulatory factor 10 (irf10) in three diverse teleost fish reveals its role in antiviral defense. | interferon regulatory factor (irf) 10 was first found in birds and is present in the genome of other tetrapods (but not humans and mice), as well as in teleost fish. the functional role of irf10 in vertebrate immunity is relatively unknown compared to irf1-9. the target of this research was to clone and characterize the irf10 genes in three economically important fish species that will facilitate future evaluation of this molecule in fish innate and adaptive immunity. | 2016 | 26783745 |
| foxl3, a target of mir-9, stimulates spermatogenesis in spermatogonia during natural sex change in monopterus albus. | two foxl2 paralogs, foxl2 (also named foxl2a) and foxl3 (also named foxl2b), were considered as fish-specific duplicates. both belong to the forkhead box family of transcription factors, which play important roles in regulating reproduction involved in sexual differentiation and regulation of primordial germ cell and gonadal somatic cell development. we isolated the complete foxl3 cdna from the rice field eel (monopterus albus), which undergoes a natural female-to-male sex change via an intersex ... | 2016 | 27583788 |
| [detection and identification for gnathostoma sp. in imported monopterus albus]. | to inspect the third stage larvae of gnathostoma in imported monopterus albus, and identify its species. | 2011 | 24830198 |