Feather follicles express two classes of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) mRNA using alternative promoters in chickens

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 46-51

  Yoshihara, Chihiro ^a   Tashiro, Yuichi ^a   Taniuchi, Shusuke ^a   Katayama, Harumi ^a   Takahashi, Sumio ^a   Takeuchi, Sakae ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative promoter; Chicken; Feather; MRNA isoform; POMC

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOTROPIN; MELANOCORTIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 1; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 2;

ALTERNATIVE PROMOTER REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEATHER; FOLLICLE FOLLICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 79951517815     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2010.12.018     Document Type: Article

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