Expression of luteinizing hormone/human chorionic gonadotrophin (LH/HCG) receptor mRNA in the human ovary

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 101-107

  Minegishi, Takashi ^a   Tano, Mari ^a   Abe, Yumiko ^a   Nakamura, Kazuto ^a   Ibuki, Yoshito ^a   Miyamoto, Kaoru ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; In situ hybridization; LH:HCG receptor; Northern blot analysis

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL STRAIN COS1; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEAL PHASE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COS CELLS; CYCLIC AMP; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEAL PHASE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, LH; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0031063061     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.2.101     Document Type: Article

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