Temperature and humidity alter prolactin receptor expression in the skin of toad (Bufo bankorensis and Bufo melanostictus)

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 509-516

  Li, Kuo Wei ^a   Lee, Der Nan ^b   Huang, Wei Tung ^c   Weng, Ching Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL DONG HWA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c DA YEH UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bufo bankorensis; Bufo melanostictus; Humidity; Prolactin receptor; Protein level; Skin; Temperature; Toad

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; WATER;

ALTITUDE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; BUFO BANKORENSIS; BUFO MELANOSTICTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUTICLE; EVAPORATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMIDITY; KIDNEY; LIVER; LOW TEMPERATURE; LUNG; MUCUS SECRETION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; SKIN; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOAD; URINE; WATER LOSS; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANURA; BUFO BANKORENSIS; BUFO MELANOSTICTUS; BUFONIDAE;

EID: 33750973367     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: 15314332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2006.08.044     Document Type: Article

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