Molecular cloning of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) cDNA from mud turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 192-201

  Shen, San Tai ^a   Lu, Li Ming ^a   Chen, Jia Ru ^a   Chien, Jung Tsun ^a   Yu, John Yuh Lin ^a  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ACTH; cDNA; Endorphin; Hypothalamus; Melanotropins; Molecular cloning; Pituitary; POMC; Turtle

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; ARGININE; BETA ENDORPHIN; BETA INTERMEDIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOTROPIN; GAMMA INTERMEDIN; LYSINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA CLEAVAGE; RNA PROCESSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TURTLE;

PELODISCUS SINENSIS;

EID: 0037382471     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00028-5     Document Type: Article

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