The dawn and evolution of hormones in the adenohypophysis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 3-14

  Kawauchi, Hiroshi ^a   Sower, Stacia A ^b  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenohypophysial hormones; Evolution; Glycoprotein hormone family; Growth hormone family; Proopiomelanocortin family; Sea lamprey

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE; INTERMEDIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SOMATOMEDIN; THYROTROPIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; EXON; FISH; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; INTRON; INVERTEBRATE; LIVER; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PETROMYZON; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 33744970221     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.10.011     Document Type: Review

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