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Reassessment of the function of somatolactin alpha in lipid metabolism using medaka mutant and transgenic strains

BACKGROUND: Somatolactin alpha (SLa) is a fish-specific peptide hormone secreted from the pituitary. In medaka, SLa functions to darken the skin color and lack of SLa makes it pale. Transcription of SLa is enhanced or suppressed when fish are kept in dark or bright conditions, respectively, indicati...

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Autores principales: Sasano, Yuko, Yoshimura, Asami, Fukamachi, Shoji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3467165/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22827540
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2156-13-64