Molecular characterization of the leopard gecko POMC gene and expressional change in the testis by acclimation to low temperature and with a short photoperiod

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 70-77

  Endo, Daisuke ^a   Park, Min Kyun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHICKEN; COLD ACCLIMATIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXON; FEMALE; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GONAD; HYPOPHYSIS; INTRON; LOW TEMPERATURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TESTIS; TURTLE; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

EUBLEPHARIS MACULARIUS;

EID: 3042796951     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.04.009     Document Type: Article

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