Transcription elements and functional expression of proopiomelanocortin genes in the pituitary gland of the barfin flounder

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 158, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 259-267

  Kobayashi, Yuki ^a   Chiba, Hiroaki ^a   Amiya, Noriko ^a   Yamanome, Takeshi ^b   Mizusawa, Kanta ^a   Amano, Masafumi ^a   Takahashi, Akiyoshi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b IWATE FISHERIES TECHNOLOGY CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH; adrenocorticotropic hormone; Background color; Cortisol; Expression of proopiomelanocortin gene; Flounder; MSH; Nucleotide sequence; Pituitary; POMC; proopiomelanocortin; melanocyte stimulating hormone

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RESPONSIVE ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN; HYDROCORTISONE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN A; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN B; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN C; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; E BOX ELEMENT; FLOUNDER; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TATA BOX;

EID: 52049110274     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.07.015     Document Type: Article

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