In vivo effects of human follicle-stimulating hormone-related synthetic peptide hFSH-β-(81-95) and its subdomain hFSH-β-(90-95) on the mouse estrous cycle

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 821-825

  Grasso, Patricia ^a   Rozhavskaya, Marina ^a   Reichert Jr , Leo E ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLITROPIN; PROGESTERONE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; VAGINA SMEAR;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; ORGAN SIZE; OVARY; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PROGESTERONE; RATS; SERTOLI CELLS; STEROIDS; UTERUS; VAGINA;

ANIMALIA; BOVINAE;

EID: 0031882480     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod58.3.821     Document Type: Article

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