Development of a real-time (Q) PCR assay to measure variation in expression of prolactin receptor mRNA in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland during late embryogenesis in turkeys and chickens

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 319-325

  Leclerc, B ^a   Zadworny, D ^a   Bedecarrats G ^b   Kuhnlein, U ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Embryo; Hypothalamus; Pituitary gland; Prolactin; Prolactin receptor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; VASOACTIVE INTESTINAL POLYPEPTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; TURKEY (BIRD);

EID: 33845481382     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.08.007     Document Type: Article

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