Molecular cloning and genomic characterization of novel Leptin-like genes in salmonids provide new insight into the evolution of the Leptin gene family

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 187, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-59

  Angotzi, Anna R ^a   Stefansson, Sigurd O ^a   Nilsen, Tom O ^a   Rathore, Raja M ^a   Rønnestad, Ivar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Embryonic development; Evolution; Gene duplication; Leptin; Salmon

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; LEPTIN; LEPTIN B1; LEPTIN B2; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC CHARR; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC SALMON; BINDING AFFINITY; BODY GROWTH; BRAIN TISSUE; BROWN TROUT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME ANALYSIS; GILL; LEPTIN A1 GENE; LEPTIN A2 GENE; LEPTIN B1 GENE; LEPTIN B2 GENE; LEPTIN LIKE GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARALOGY; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAINBOW TROUT; SALMONID; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELEOST;

EID: 84877017441     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.03.022     Document Type: Article

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