Ovine genomic urocortin: Cloning, pharmacologic characterization, and distribution of central mRNA

Molecular Brain Research

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 109-118

  Cepoi, David ^a,b   Sutton, Steve ^a   Arias, Carlos ^a   Sawchenko, Paul ^a   Vale, Wylie W ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CRF binding protien; In situ; mRNA; Neuropeptide; Urocortin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA; UROCORTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GENOME; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALIA; OVIS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0033532321     PISSN: 0169328X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-328X(99)00076-5     Document Type: Article

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