Ghrelin in birds: Its structure, distribution and function

Journal of Poultry Science

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-18

  Kaiya, Hiroyuki ^a   Darras, Veerle M ^b   Kangawa, Kenji ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Birds; Function; Gene expression; Ghrelin; Structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33847317877     PISSN: 13467395     EISSN: 13490486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2141/jpsa.44.1     Document Type: Review

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