Characterization of thyroid hormone receptor α and β in the metamorphosing Japanese conger eel, Conger myriaster

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 321-332

  Kawakami, Yutaka ^a,b   Tanda, Minoru ^c   Adachi, Shinji ^b   Yamauchi, Kohei ^b  

^a PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF KUMAMOTO   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Hyogo Prefectural Fisheries Experimental Station   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conger eel; Metamorphosis; Teleost fish; Thyroid hormone receptor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; RECEPTOR SUBUNIT; THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; FISH; FLOUNDER; GENETICS; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; HYPOTHESIS; JUVENILE; LARVAL STAGE; METABOLISM; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VERTEBRATE;

CONGER MYRIASTER;

EID: 0037939743     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00087-X     Document Type: Article

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