A preprogalanin cDNA from the turtle pituitary and regulation of its gene expression

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 292, Issue 4, 2007, Pages

  Yu, John Yuh Lin ^a   Pon, Chin Hon ^b   Ku, Hui Chen ^b   Wang, Chih Ting ^b   Kao, Yung Hsi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Androgen; Estrogen; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Leptin; Neuropeptide Y

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTRADIOL; GALANIN; GONADORELIN; LEPTIN; NEUROPEPTIDE Y; PREPROGALANIN; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMIDATION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TURTLE; VERTEBRATE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CODON, TERMINATOR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GALANIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; THREONINE; TURTLES;

EID: 34147095831     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00452.2006     Document Type: Article

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