Structural biology of human follitropin and its receptor

Archives of Medical Research

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 510-519

  Dias, J A ^a   Van Roey, P ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Follicle stimulating hormone; Follitropin; Gonadotropin; Structure function

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; LEUCINE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEGLYCOSYLATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEREOSPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; DIMERIZATION; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN SORTING SIGNALS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, FSH; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0035668921     PISSN: 01884409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0188-4409(01)00333-2     Document Type: Review

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