GnRH receptor mRNA expression by in-situ hybridization in the primate pituitary and ovary

Molecular Human Reproduction

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

  Fraser, H M ^a   Sellar, R E ^a   Illingworth, P J ^a   Eidne, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corpus luteum; Follicle; GnRH mRNA; In situ hybridization

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY RNA; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEAL PHASE; METABOLISM; OVARY; PRIMATE; RNA PROBE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEAL PHASE; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; PRIMATES; RECEPTORS, LHRH; RNA PROBES; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0030072547     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/2.2.117     Document Type: Article

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