Variation in melatonin receptors (Mel 1a and Mel 1b) and androgen receptor (AR) expression in the spleen of a seasonally breeding bird, Perdicula asiatica

Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 92, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 54-61

  Yadav, S K ^a   Haldar, C ^a   Singh, S S ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Immunity; Melatonin receptors; Reproduction; Tropical quail

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 2; MELATONIN; MELATONIN 1 RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 1A RECEPTOR; MELATONIN 1B RECEPTOR; TESTOSTERONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL STIMULATION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREGULATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERDICULA ASIATICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUAIL; REPRODUCTION; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CHRONOBIOLOGY PHENOMENA; COTURNIX; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERLEUKIN-2; MELATONIN; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT1; RECEPTOR, MELATONIN, MT2; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; REPRODUCTION; SEASONS; SPLEEN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 81555204359     PISSN: 01650378     EISSN: 18727603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jri.2011.08.003     Document Type: Article

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