Ghrelin receptors in non-mammalian vertebrates

Frontiers in Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue JUL, 2013, Pages

  Kaiya, Hiroyuki ^a   Kangawa, Kenji ^a   Miyazato, Mikiya ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Birds; Fishes; Ghrelin; Ghrelin receptor; GHS R; GHS R like receptor; Reptiles

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GHRELIN; GHRELIN RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HISTIDYL DEXTRO TRYPTOPHYLALANYLTRYPTOPHYL DEXTRO PHENYLALANYLLYSINAMIDE; INOSITOL TRISPHOSPHATE; LEPTIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 3; NEUROTENSIN RECEPTOR; NUCLEAR FACTOR I; OCTAMER TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; PHOSPHOLIPASE C; PROTEIN KINASE C; SOMATOMEDIN C; THYROID HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; UPSTREAM STIMULATORY FACTOR;

DOWN REGULATION; ENERGY HOMEOSTASIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84884201165     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16642392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2013.00081     Document Type: Review

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