Structure-function relationship of follicle-stimulating hormone and its receptor

Human Reproduction Update

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 260-283

  Ulloa Aguirre, Alfredo ^a   Timossi, Carlos ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

FSH; FSH receptor; Function; Structure

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; MEMBRANE STRUCTURE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN QUATERNARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RAT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

EID: 0031695446     PISSN: 13554786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humupd/4.3.260     Document Type: Review

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