Cloning and characterization of cDNAs encoding the GnRH1 and GnRH2 precursors from bullfrog (Rana catesbeiana)

Journal of Experimental Zoology

Volumn 289, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 190-201

  Wang, Li ^a   Yoo, Myung Sik ^a   Kang, Hae Mook ^a   Im, Wook Bin ^a   Choi, Hueng Sik ^a   Bogerd, Jan ^a   Kwon, Hyuk Bang ^a,b  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; BRAIN; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECURSOR CELL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRAIN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RANA CATESBEIANA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

AMPHIBIA; MAMMALIA; RANA CATESBEIANA;

EID: 0035865753     PISSN: 0022104X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-010X(20010215)289:3<190::AID-JEZ6>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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