Gonadotropin-releasing hormone and adipokinetic hormone signaling systems share a common evolutionary origin

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue JULY, 2010, Pages

  Lindemans, Marleen ^a   Janssen, Tom ^a   Beets, Isabel ^a   Temmerman, Liesbet ^a   Meelkop, Ellen ^a   Schoofs, Liliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adipokinetic hormone; Evolution; G protein coupled receptor; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Metabolism; Neuropeptide; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874166694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2011.00016     Document Type: Article

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