Differential splicing and expression of the relaxin-like factor gene in reproductive tissues of the marmoset monkey (Callithrix jacchus)

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 445-453

  Zarreh Hoshyari Khah, M Rasoul ^a   Einspanier, Almuth ^b   Ivell, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Deutsches Primatenzentrum ^*  (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RELAXIN; SOMATOMEDIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENITAL SYSTEM; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALLITHRIX; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN; LEYDIG CELLS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TESTIS;

EID: 0032894313     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.2.445     Document Type: Article

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