Developmental and triiodothyronine-induced expression of genes encoding preprotemporins in the skin of Tago's brown frog Rana tagoi

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 242-250

  Ohnuma, Aya ^a   Conlon, J Michael ^b   Kawasaki, Hiroaki ^a   Iwamuro, Shawichi ^a  

^a TOHO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial peptide; Bisphenol A; Endocrine disruptor; Frog skin; Temporin; Triidothryonine

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALANYLVALYLASPARTYLLEUCYLALANYLLYSYLISOLEUCYLALANYLASPARAGINYLLYSYLVALYL LEUCYLSERYLSERYLLEUCYLPHENYLALANINAMIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; LIOTHYRONINE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE; PHENYLALANYLLEUCYLPROLYLISOLEUCYLLEUCYLGLYCYLLYSYLLEUCYLLEUCYLSERYLGLYCYL ISOLEUCYLLEUCINAMIDE; PREPROTEMPORIN 1TGA; PREPROTEMPORIN 1TGB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR; TEMPORIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EXPOSURE; FOG; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE INHIBITION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENETICS; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; METAMORPHOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLTING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; RANA TAGOI; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; ERYTHROCYTE; FROG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LD 50; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ERYTHROCYTES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; LETHAL DOSE 50; METAMORPHOSIS, BIOLOGICAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHENOLS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEINS; RANIDAE; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 33745301969     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.11.015     Document Type: Article

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