Immunohistochemical localization of thyroid hormone receptor and detection for variation of m RNA level in different reproductive periods in the ovary of the Chinese alligator
Objective To investigate thyroid hormone receptor(TR) localization in the ovarian tissue, and the phylogenetic relationships of TR genes in Chinese alligators; also analyze the variation of their expression in the ovary at different reproductive stages in adult Chinese alligators. Methods The TR amino acid sequences of the Chinese alligator and other vertebrates were compared by Clustal W software. The NJ phylogenetic tree was built by MEGA 6.0 software. The variation of the m RNA levels of TRα and TRβ in t...