Cysteine residues in a synthetic peptide corresponding to human follicle-stimulating hormone β-subunit receptor-binding domain 81-95 [hFSH-β-(81-95)] modulate the in vivo effects of hFSH-β-(81-95) on the mouse estrous cycle

Regulatory Peptides

Volumn 81, Issue 1-3, 1999, Pages 67-71

  Grasso, Patricia ^a   Rozhavskaya Arena, Marina ^a   Reichert Jr , Leo E ^a  

^a ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

hFSH subunit; Mouse estrous cycle; Synthetic peptides

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; SYNTHETIC PEPTIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS; FEMALE; INTRAPERITONEAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CYSTEINE; ESTRUS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, HUMAN; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; SERINE;

EID: 0032999402     PISSN: 01670115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-0115(99)00022-1     Document Type: Article

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