The melanin-concentrating hormone gene in human: Flanking region analysis, fine chromosome mapping, and tissue-specific expression

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 243-255

  Viale, Agnès ^a   Zhixing, Yao ^a,e   Christophe, Breton ^a,f   Pedeutour, Florence ^b   Coquerel, Antoine ^c   Jordan, Daniel ^d   Nahon, Jean Louis ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHARMACOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^e BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Brown adipose tissue; Chromosome 12q23; Differential processing; Hypothalamus; MCH; NEI; Neuropeptide gene expression; Thymus

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

ARTICLE; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CEREBELLUM; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME MAP; DNA FLANKING REGION; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYBRIDIZATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL HYPOTHALAMUS; NEOCORTEX; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TATA BOX; YEAST ARTIFICIAL CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031027020     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(97)00018-1     Document Type: Article

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