Examination of guinea pig luteinizing hormonereleasing hormone gene reveals a unique decapeptide and existence of two transcripts in the brain

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4123-4130

  Jimenez Liñan, Mercedes ^a   Rubin, Beverly S ^a   King, Joan C ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GUINEA PIG; HYPOTHALAMUS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0030886850     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.10.5454     Document Type: Article

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