cDNA cloning of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) and mass spectrometric identification of POMC-derived peptides from snake and alligator pituitaries

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 73-81

  Kobayashi, Yuki ^a   Sakamoto, Tadashi ^a   Iguchi, Kazuaki ^b   Imai, Yuka ^b   Hoshino, Minoru ^b   Lance, Valentine A ^c   Kawauchi, Hiroshi ^a   Takahashi, Akiyoshi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator; Molecular evolution; Primary structure; Proopiomelanocortin; Reptile; Snake

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; AMINO ACID; BETA INTERMEDIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GAMMA INTERMEDIN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; REPTILIAN PROTEIN;

ALLIGATOR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SNAKE;

EID: 34247624669     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.02.026     Document Type: Article

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