Adaptive downregulation of pheomelanin-related Slc7a11 gene expression by environmentally induced oxidative stress

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 849-858

  Galván, Ismael ^a,d   Inácio, Ângela ^a,e   Romero Haro, Ana Angela ^b   Alonso Alvarez, Carlos ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

Author keywords

environmental epigenetics; oxidative stress; pheomelanin; pigmentation; Slc7a11

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CYSTEINE; DIQUAT; MELANIN; PHEOMELANIN;

ANIMAL; DOWN REGULATION; FEATHER; FINCH; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTATION;

AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEM Y+; ANIMALS; CYSTEINE; DIQUAT; DOWN-REGULATION; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FEATHERS; FINCHES; MELANINS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PIGMENTATION;

EID: 85011659299     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13952     Document Type: Article

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