Cloning and expression analysis of retinoic acid receptors in the zebra finch brain

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 489, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-41

  Jeong, Jin K ^a   Velho, Tarciso A F ^a   Mello, Claudio V ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HVC; Plasticity; Retinoids; Song; Songbird; Vocal learning

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDE DEHYDROGENASE; MESSENGER RNA; RETINAL; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR ALPHA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR BETA; RETINOIC ACID RECEPTOR GAMMA;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BRAIN REGION; CELL NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEARNING; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POEPHILA CASTANOTIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SONGBIRD; VOCALIZATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; EXONS; FINCHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, RETINOIC ACID; RNA PROBES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 21644461657     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.20605     Document Type: Article

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