Characterization of the true ortholog of the urotensin II-related peptide (URP) gene in teleosts

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 205-212

  Quan, Feng B ^a   Bougerol, Marion ^a   Rigour, Fanny ^a   Kenigfest, Natalia B ^a,b   Tostivint, Hervé ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b SECHENOV INSTITUTE OF EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Gene duplication; Multigenic family; Teleosts; Tetraploidization; Urotensin II related peptides; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROTENSIN II; UROTENSIN II RELATED PEPTIDE 1; UROTENSIN II RELATED PEPTIDE 2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GENETIC CODE; GENOME; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PUFFER FISH; SYNTENY; TELEOST; TETRAPOD; TILAPIA; ZEBRA FISH;

EID: 84860510648     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.02.018     Document Type: Article

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