Alternative splicing of the prolactin receptor gene generates a 1.7 kb RNA transcript that is linked to prolactin function in the red deer testis

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 51-59

  Jabbour, H N ^a   Clarke, L A ^b   Bramley, T ^b   Postel Vinay, M C ^c   Kelly, P A ^c   Edery, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC LINKAGE; MEMBRANE BINDING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RECEPTOR GENE; RNA TRANSCRIPTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOP CODON;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DEER; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROLACTIN; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS;

EID: 0031831059     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.0.0210051     Document Type: Article

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