Occurrence of two functionally distinct proopiomelanocortin genes in all modern lampreys

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 72-78

  Takahashi, Akiyoshi ^a   Nakata, Osamu ^a   Moriyama, Shunsuke ^a   Nozaki, Masumi ^b   Joss, Jean M P ^c   Sower, Stacia A ^d   Kawauchi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Geotria; Lampreys; Melanophore stimulating hormone; Mordacia; Petromyzon; Proopiocortin; Proopiomelanocortin; Proopiomelanotropin; Endorphin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LAMPREY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 33744968831     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.09.003     Document Type: Article

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