Molecular cloning, tissue distribution and quantitative analysis of two proopiomelanocortin mRNAs in Japanese flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus)

BMB Reports

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 206-211

  Kim, Kyoung Sun ^a   Kim, Hyun Woo ^a   Chen, Thomas T ^b   Kim, Young Tae ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Flounder; Molecular cloning; Paralichthys olivaceus; Pituitary; Proopiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

PARALICHTHYS OLIVACEUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FLOUNDER; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FLOUNDER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PITUITARY GLAND; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 66849129029     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2009.42.4.206     Document Type: Article

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