Sexually dimorphic expression of prepro-orexin mRNA in the rat hypothalamus

Peptides

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1177-1180

  Jöhren, Olaf ^a   Neidert, Steffi J ^a   Kummer, Marco ^a   Dominiak, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypothalamus; mRNA expression; Prepro orexin; Real time PCR

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; PREPROOREXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; OREXINS; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WISTAR RAT;

ANIMAL; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; NEUROPEPTIDES; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX FACTORS; ANIMALS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS;

EID: 0035996860     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(02)00052-9     Document Type: Article

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