Expression of MCH and POMC genes in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) during ontogeny and in response to early physiological challenges

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 341-350

  Suzuki, Masakazu ^a   Bennett, Pamela ^a   Levy, Andrew ^b   Baker, Bridget I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN; HYDROCORTISONE; MELANIN; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADAPTATION; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; REARING; SKIN PIGMENTATION; STRESS;

EID: 0031239291     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1997.6936     Document Type: Article

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