Orexins and their receptors from fish to mammals: A comparative approach

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 171, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 124-130

  Wong, Kari K Y ^a   Ng, Stephanie Y L ^a   Lee, Leo T O ^a   Ng, Hans K H ^a   Chow, Billy K C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Evolution; Orexin; Orexin receptor

Indexed keywords

OREXIN; OREXIN 1 RECEPTOR; OREXIN 2 RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GENE STRUCTURE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79952487830     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2011.01.001     Document Type: Review

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