Fish melanocortin system

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 660, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 53-60

  Cerdá Reverter, José Miguel ^a   Agulleiro, Maria Josep ^a   Guillot R, Raúl ^a   Sánchez, Elisa ^a   Ceinos, Rosa ^b   Rotllant, Josep ^b  

^a CSIC Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal IATS   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES MARINAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

(MRAP); Agouti related protein (AGRP); Agouti signalling protein (ASIP); Food intake; Melanocortin receptor; Melanocortin receptor accessory protein; Melanocortin stimulating hormone (MSH); Pigmentation; Proopiomelanocortin (POMC); Stress

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AGOUTI PROTEIN; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; EUMELANIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN; MELANOCORTIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 2 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 3 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN 5 RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR; MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR ACCESSORY PROTEIN; PHEOMELANIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BINDING COMPETITION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CELLULAR STRESS SIGNAL; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY BALANCE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FERTILIZATION; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LARVAL DEVELOPMENT; LIPID METABOLISM; MELANOPHORE; NONHUMAN; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PUFFER FISH; REVIEW; SKIN; SKIN COLOR; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; EATING; FISHES; HUMANS; MELANOCORTINS; PIGMENTATION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79955733429     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejphar.2010.10.108     Document Type: Review

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