The follicle-stimulating hormone receptor: Biochemistry, molecular biology, physiology, and pathophysiology

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 739-773

  Simoni, Manuela ^a   Gromoll, Jörg ^a   Nieschlag, Eberhard ^a  

^a INST OF REPRO MED OF THE UNIV   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR;

CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR GENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TESTIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OVARY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; RECEPTORS, FSH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0031457992     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/er.18.6.739     Document Type: Review

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