Pigment dispersing factor: An output regulator of the circadian clock in the German cockroach

Journal of Biological Rhythms

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 35-43

  Lee, Chi Mei ^a,b   Su, Ming Tsan ^b   Lee, How Jing ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Blattella germanica; Circadian rhythm; Gene silencing; Locomotion; Neuropeptides; RNA interference

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; PIGMENT DISPERSING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; BLATTA GERMANICA; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCKROACH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIGHT DARK CYCLE; LOCOMOTION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPTIC LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; COCKROACHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; LOCOMOTION; MOVEMENT; NEUROPEPTIDES; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA, MESSENGER; TIME FACTORS;

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 58449130728     PISSN: 07487304     EISSN: 15524531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748730408327909     Document Type: Article

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