Cloning and expression of cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) gonadotropins luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone and identification of two polymorphic sites in the luteinizing hormone β subunit

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 73-83

  Schmidt, Anja ^a   Gromoll, Jörg ^a   F Weinbauer, Gerhard ^a   Galla, Hans Joachim ^a   Chappel, Scott ^b   Simoni, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b EMD SERONO INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloning; FSH; Gonadotropin (Cynomolgus monkey); LH; Polymorphism; Recombinant expression

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HYPOPHYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COS CELLS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MACACA FASCICULARIS; MACACA MULATTA; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0032880734     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(99)00140-9     Document Type: Article

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