Characterization of two new preproGnRH mRNAs in the tree shrew: First direct evidence for mesencephalic GnRH gene expression in a placental mammal

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 7-19

  Kasten, Thomas L ^a   White, Stephanie A ^a   Norton, Thomas T ^a,b   Bond, Chris T ^a,c   Adelman, John P ^a,c   Fernald, Russell D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; HORMONE PRECURSOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECTIVORE; MALE; MESENCEPHALON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEXUAL MATURATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030270621     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1996.0135     Document Type: Article

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