Transcription factor Pit-1 expression is modulated upon seasonal acclimatization of eurythermal ectotherms: Identification of two Pit-1 genes in the carp

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 598-609

  Kausel, Gudrun ^a   Vera, María Inés ^c   Martin, Rody San ^a   Figueroa, Jaime ^a   Molina, Alfredo ^b   Muller, Marc ^b   Martial, Joseph ^b   Krauskopf, Manuel ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUSTRAL DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Carp; Fish; Genomic organization; Pit 1; Pit 1 gene expression; Seasonal control

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FISH; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ACCLIMATIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARPS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PITUITARY GLAND; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ANIMALIA; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 0033573297     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4644(19991215)75:4<598::AID-JCB6>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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