Molecular characterization and expression of urotensin II and its receptor in the flounder (Platichthys flesus): A hormone system supporting body fluid homeostasis in euryhaline fish

Endocrinology

Volumn 147, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3692-3708

  Lu, Weiqun ^a   Greenwood, Michael ^a   Dow, Louise ^a   Yuill, Janette ^a   Worthington, Jonathan ^a   Brierley, Matthew J ^a   McCrohan, Catherine R ^a   Riccardi, Daniela ^b   Balment, Richard J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c 3614 Stopford Building ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; UROTENSIN II;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BODY FLUID; FLOUNDER; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOLOCALIZATION; NONHUMAN; OSMOREGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY FLUIDS; FLOUNDER; FRESH WATER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GILLS; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEAWATER; SPINAL CORD; UROTENSINS; WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE;

EID: 33746038510     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2005-1457     Document Type: Article

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