Molecular cloning of inhibin/activin βA-subunit complementary deoxyribonucleic acid and expression of inhibin/activin α- and βA-subunits in the domestic hen

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 429-435

  Chen, Chih Chien ^a   Johnson, Patricia A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GALLUS GALLUS;

ACTIVIN; AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; INHIBIN; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLYCOSYLATION; HEN; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHICKENS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PROBES; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0030034979     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod54.2.429     Document Type: Article

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