A novel prolactin-like protein (PRL-L) gene in chickens and zebrafish: Cloning and characterization of its tissue expression

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 200-210

  Wang, Yajun ^a,b   Li, Juan ^b   Yan Kwok, Amy Ho ^a   Ge, Wei ^c   Leung, Frederick C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chicken; Pituitary; Prolactin; Prolactin like protein; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN LIKE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID COMPOSITION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EMBRYO; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GILL; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES COMPARISON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VERTEBRATE; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 77349117507     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.10.007     Document Type: Article

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