Characterization of two melanin-concentrating hormone genes in zebrafish reveals evolutionary and physiological links with the mammalian MCH system

Journal of Comparative Neurology

Volumn 517, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 695-710

  Berman, Jennifer R ^a   Skariah, Gemini ^a   Maro, Géraldine S ^a   Mignot, Emmanuel ^a   Mourrain, Philippe ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECOLE NORMALE SUPÉRIEURE   (France)

Author keywords

Feeding; MCH1; MCH2; Melanin concentrating hormone; Pigmentation; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE RECEPTOR 1; MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE RECEPTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; HOMEOSTASIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LEARNING; MEMORY; NERVE CELL; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSORY ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOTHALAMIC HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MELANINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PIGMENTATION; PITUITARY HORMONES; RECEPTORS, PITUITARY HORMONE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ZEBRAFISH; ZEBRAFISH PROTEINS;

EID: 70449381365     PISSN: 00219967     EISSN: 10969861     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cne.22171     Document Type: Article

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