Early onset of ghrelin production in a marsupial

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 299, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 266-273

  Menzies, Brandon R ^a   Shaw, Geoff ^a   Fletcher, Terry P ^a   Renfree, Marilyn B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Development; Ghrelin receptor; Macropus eugenii; Stomach

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOPHYSIS; MARSUPIAL; MESENCHYME; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PUERPERIUM; STOMACH; TAMMAR WALLABY;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; MACROPODIDAE; PANCREAS; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; RECEPTORS, GHRELIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STOMACH;

EID: 58649095506     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2008.10.033     Document Type: Article

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