Biography and Research Interest

Publications

Non-Zebrafish Publications

Nocillado J.N., Biran J., Lee Y.Y., Levavi-Sivan B., Mechaly A.S., Zohar Y., Elizur A. 2012. The Kiss2 receptor (Kiss2r) gene in Southern Bluefin Tuna, Thunnus maccoyii, and in Yellowtail Kingfish, Seriola lalandi – functional analysis and isolation of transcript variants. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 362: 211-220.

Mechaly A.S., Viñas J., Piferrer F. 2012. Sex-specific changes in the expression of kisspeptin, kisspeptin receptor, gonadotropins and gonadotropins receptors in the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis) during a full reproductive cycle. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A. 162: 364-371

Mechaly A.S., Viñas J., Piferrer F. 2011. Characterization and gene structure analysis of two splice variant of kisspeptin-2 (kiss2) in Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis): Implications of fasting conditions as an activator of the reproductive axis. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 339: 14-24.

Mechaly A.S., Viñas J., Murphy C., Reith M., Piferrer F. 2010. Gene structure and regulation of the kiss-1 receptor-2 (kiss1r-2) in the Atlantic halibut: Insights into the evolution and regulation of Kiss1r genes. Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology, 317: 78-89.

Mechaly A.S., Viñas J., Piferrer F. 2009. Identification of two isoforms of kisspeptin-1 receptor (kiss1r) generated by alternative splicing in a modern teleost, the Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis). Biology of reproduction, 80: 60-69.

Viñas J., Navarro L., Mechaly, A.S., Piferrer F. 2007. The use of laser microdissection coupled with semiquantitative PCR to study cell-specific gene expression during European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) spermatogenesis. Aquaculture, 272.1, S316.