Molecular structure of the human gonadotropin-releasing hormone receptor gene

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 183-192

  Kakar, Sham S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN RECEPTOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CHROMOSOME 4; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, LHRH; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030758094     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1370183     Document Type: Article

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