Cloning and distribution of the bullfrog type 1 and type 2 corticotropin-releasing factor receptors

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 291-295

  Ito, Yoichi ^a   Okada, Reiko ^a   Noriyuki, Takahashi ^a   Kikuyama, Sakaé ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bullfrog; Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF); CRF receptor; Hypothalamus

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 33646032691     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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