Extra-pituitary prolactin (PRL) and prolactin-like protein (PRL-L) in chickens and zebrafish

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 220, Issue , 2015, Pages 143-153

  Bu, Guixian ^a   Liang, Xiaomeng ^a   Li, Juan ^a   Wang, Yajun ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chicken; Extra pituitary; Pituitary; PRL; Prolactin like protein; Zebrafish

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN LIKE PROTEIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CARRIER PROTEIN; PROLACTIN-BINDING PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHICKEN; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; GILL; GONAD; HEART; HORMONE STRUCTURE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRLL GENE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; ZEBRA FISH; ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHICKENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROLACTIN; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84941175953     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2015.02.001     Document Type: Article

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