Functional characterization of two melanin-concentrating hormone genes in the color camouflage, hypermelanosis, and appetite of starry flounder

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 189, Issue , 2013, Pages 74-83

  Kang, Duk Young ^a   Kim, Hyo Chan ^a  

^a National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Appetite; Blind side; Color change; Hypermelanosis; MCH; Starry flounder

Indexed keywords

MELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PREPROMELANIN CONCENTRATING HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; MELANOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PLATICHTHYS STELLATUS; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; STOP CODON;

EID: 84878653608     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.04.025     Document Type: Article

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