Molecular characterization of CART, AgRP, and MC4R genes and their expression with fasting and re-feeding in common carp (Cyprinus carpio)

Molecular Biology Reports

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2215-2223

  Wan, Yumei ^a,b   Zhang, Yan ^a   Ji, Peifeng ^a   Li, Yan ^a,c   Xu, Peng ^a   Sun, Xiaowen ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b DALIAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AgRP; CART; Common carp; Gene expression; MC4R; Teleost

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT PEPTIDE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR;

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN 1 GENE; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN 2 GENE; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; CARP; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT GENE; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT I GENE; COCAINE AND AMPHETAMINE REGULATED TRANSCRIPT II GENE; DIET RESTRICTION; EYE; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GILL; HYPOPHYSIS; INTESTINE; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PHYLOGENY; REFEEDING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; CARPS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FASTING; GENE COMPONENTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTOR, MELANOCORTIN, TYPE 4;

AGOUTI; CYPRINUS CARPIO; TELEOSTEI;

EID: 84863815927     PISSN: 03014851     EISSN: 15734978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11033-011-0970-4     Document Type: Article

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