Molecular characterization of the long-day response in the Soay sheep, a seasonal mammal

Current Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 334-339

  Hazlerigg, David G ^a   Andersson, Håkan ^b   Johnston, Jonathan D ^a   Lincoln, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; CRYPTOCHROME; CRYPTOCHROME PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; FLAVOPROTEIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MELATONIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DENSITOMETRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SECRETION; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; DENSITOMETRY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; EYE PROTEINS; FLAVOPROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MELATONIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHOTOPERIOD; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; SEASONS; SHEEP;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 1542290579     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(04)00081-8     Document Type: Article

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