Differential regulation of pituitary gonadotropin subunit messenger ribonucleic acid levels in photostimulated Siberian hamsters

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 155-161

  Bernard, Daniel J ^a   Merzlyak, Irene Y ^a   Horton, Teresa H ^a   Turek, Fred W ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHODOPUS; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; PHODOPUS;

EID: 0033966537     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod62.1.155     Document Type: Article

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