The zebrafish stress axis: Molecular fallout from the teleost-specific genome duplication event

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 62-66

  Alsop, Derek ^a   Vijayan, Mathilakath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Cortisol; Danio rerio; Glucocorticoid receptor; HPA; HPI; Proopiomelanocortin; Stress response

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CYPRINIFORMES; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; TELEOST; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 60449092390     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.09.011     Document Type: Article

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