Increased food intake in growth hormone-transgenic common carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) may be mediated by upregulating Agouti-related protein (AgRP)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 192, Issue , 2013, Pages 81-88

  Zhong, Chengrong ^a,b   Song, Yanlong ^a,b   Wang, Yaping ^a   Zhang, Tanglin ^a   Duan, Ming ^a   Li, Yongming ^a   Liao, Lanjie ^a   Zhu, Zuoyan ^a   Hu, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

AgRP; Common carp; Food intake; Growth hormone; NPY; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN 1; CHOLECYSTOKININ; GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEAR FACTOR Y; OREXIN; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED FACTOR 4; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HYPOTHALAMUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELENCEPHALON; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; UPREGULATION;

AGRP; COMMON CARP; FOOD INTAKE; GROWTH HORMONE; NPY; TRANSGENIC;

AGOUTI-RELATED PROTEIN; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CARPS; EATING; GROWTH HORMONE;

EID: 84884418816     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.03.024     Document Type: Article

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