An activating mutation of the follicle-stimulating hormone receptor autonomously sustains spermatogenesis in a hypophysectomized man

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1367-1370

  Gromoll, Jörg ^a   Simoni, Manuela ^a   Nieschlag, Eberhard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; DNA; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; HUMAN MENOPAUSAL GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; NUCLEOTIDE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE;

ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CASE REPORT; CERCOPITHECIDAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; FLUOROIMMUNOASSAY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SPERMATOGENESIS;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; ASPARTIC ACID; BASE SEQUENCE; CERCOPITHECUS AETHIOPS; CYCLIC AMP; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; FERTILITY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCINE; HUMANS; HYPOPHYSECTOMY; KINETICS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RECEPTORS, FSH; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFECTION;

ANIMALIA; CERCOPITHECIDAE;

EID: 0029913238     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.4.1367     Document Type: Article

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