Melanocortin receptor genes in the chicken - Tissue distributions

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 112, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 220-231

  Takeuchi, Sakae ^a   Takahashi, Sumio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chicken; Genomic sequencing; Melanocortin 4 receptor; Melanocortin 5 receptor; RT PCR

Indexed keywords

MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 5 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE ISOLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031738472     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7167     Document Type: Article

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