Multiple transcription start sites for the GnRH gene in rhesus and cynomolgus monkeys: A non-human primate model for studying GnRH gene regulation

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-130

  Dong, Ke Wen ^a   Duval, Pierre ^b   Zeng, Zhuowen ^c   Gordon, Keith ^a   Williams, Robert F ^a   Hodgen, Gary D ^a   Jones, Georgeanna ^a   Kerdelhue, Bernard ^b   Roberts, James L ^c  

^a EASTERN VIRGINIA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Monkey GnRH; Reproductive tissue; Transcription start site

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEMALE; HYPOTHALAMUS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS MONKEY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0029920309     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(95)03737-3     Document Type: Article

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