A comprehensive evolutionary analysis based on nucleotide and amino acid sequences of the α- and β-subunits of glycoprotein hormone gene family

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 529-542

  Li, M D ^b,c   Ford, J J ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CELL MATURATION; CELL TRANSFORMATION; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE DUPLICATION; LEYDIG CELL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; SPERMATOGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FISHES; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; GONADOTROPINS, PITUITARY; HORSES; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PAPIO; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP; SWINE; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0031889436     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1560529     Document Type: Article

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