cDNA cloning and mRNA expression of a FTZ-F1hHomologue from the pituitary of the orange-spotted grouper, Epinephelus coioides

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Comparative Experimental Biology

Volumn 301, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 691-699

  Zhang, Weimin ^a   Li, Xin ^a   Zhang, Yong ^a   Zhang, Lihong ^a   Tian, Jing ^a   Ma, Guangzhi ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUSHI TARAZU PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUSHI TARAZU TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PERCIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PITUITARY GLAND; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EPINEPHELUS; EPINEPHELUS ANALOGUS; EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES;

EID: 4444330528     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.a.74     Document Type: Article

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