A photoperiodic molecular response in migratory redheaded bunting exposed to a single long day

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 204, Issue , 2014, Pages 104-113

  Majumdar, Gaurav ^a   Yadav, Garima ^b   Rani, Sangeeta ^b   Kumar, Vinod ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUCKNOW   (India)

Author keywords

Bunting; C FOS; EYA3; GnRH; Photoperiodic induction; TSH

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN C FOS; ALPHA CHAIN; EYE PROTEIN; GONADORELIN; THYROTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBERIZA BRUNICEPS; EYA3 GENE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; NERVE CELL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SONGBIRD; TSH ALPHA GENE; TSH BETA GENE; ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION MIGRATION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; EYE PROTEINS; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LIGHT; PASSERIFORMES; PHOTOPERIOD; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT;

EID: 84901660746     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2014.04.013     Document Type: Article

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