Structure and expression of the rat relaxin-like factor (RLF) gene

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 319-325

  Spiess, Andrej Nikolai ^a   Balvers, Marga ^a   Tena Sempere, Manuel ^b   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^b   Parry, Laura ^c   Ivell, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

INSL 3; JAK3; Ley I L; Leydig cells; Relaxin; RLF

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; RELAXIN LIKE FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; LEYDIG CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSULIN; JANUS KINASE 3; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; READING FRAMES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032726383     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199912)54:4<319::AID-MRD1>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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