Cloning of the red kangaroo (Macropus rufus) follicle stimulating hormone beta subunit

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 289-291

  Belov, Katherine ^a   Harrison, Gavan A ^b   Cooper, Desmond W ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Artificial breeding technology; Conservation; Immunocontraception; Marsupial

Indexed keywords

ALOPIAS; EUTHERIA; MACROPUS RUFUS; MACROPUS SP.; METATHERIA; OVIS ARIES; PHALANGERIDAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; TRICHOSURUS VULPECULA; MAMMALIA;

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLITROPIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROBE; HYPOPHYSIS; KANGAROO; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SHEEP; SWINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; GENE LIBRARY; MACROPODIDAE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPOSSUMS; PITUITARY GLAND; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032311811     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/r98067     Document Type: Article

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