Cloning, tissue distribution and effects of fasting on mRNA expression levels of leptin and ghrelin in red-bellied piranha (Pygocentrus nattereri)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 217-218, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-27

  Volkoff, Hélène ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feeding; Ghrelin; Leptin; mRNA expression; Red bellied piranha; Tissue distribution

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; GHRELIN; LEPTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GHRELIN GENE; INTESTINE; LEPTIN GENE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PIRANHA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PYGOCENTRUS NATTERERI; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; APPETITE; CHARACIFORMES; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; APPETITE; BASE SEQUENCE; CHARACIFORMES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FASTING; GHRELIN; LEPTIN; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84930754596     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.05.004     Document Type: Article

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