First evidence of a cDNA encoding for a melatonin receptor (mel 1b) in brain, retina, and testis of Pelophylax esculentus

Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological Genetics and Physiology

Volumn 315 A, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 520-526

  Serino, Ismene ^a   Izzo, Gaia ^a   Ferrara, Diana ^a   Minucci, Sergio ^a   d'Istria, Michela ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MELATONIN RECEPTOR; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAIN; DNA SEQUENCE; FROG; GENETICS; ITALY; MALE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ITALY; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RANA ESCULENTA; RECEPTORS, MELATONIN; RETINA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TESTIS;

ANURA; PELOPHYLAX; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80053634840     PISSN: 19325223     EISSN: 19325231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jez.700     Document Type: Article

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