The Tissue Distribution and Developmental Changes of ghrelin mRNA Expression in Sheep

Acta Genetica Sinica

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 808-813

  HUANG, Zhi Guo ^a,b   XIONG, Li ^b   LIU, Zhen Shan ^a   QIAO, Yong ^a   DAI, Rong ^c   XIE, Zhuang ^a   LIU, Shou Ren ^a,c   SHI, Guo Qing ^c   LIU, Guo Qing ^a,c  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING   (China)

^c Xinjiang Reclamation Science Institute   (China)

Author keywords

abomasum; ghrelin; real time PCR; sheep

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AGE DETERMINATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; DUODENUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HEART; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RUMINANT STOMACH; SHEEP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; GENE EXPRESSION; GHRELIN; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 33750043505     PISSN: 03794172     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0379-4172(06)60114-5     Document Type: Article

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