Molecular, structural, and cellular biology of follitropin and follitropin receptor

Vitamins and Hormones

Volumn 64, Issue , 2002, Pages 249-322

  Dias, James A ^a   Cohen, Brian D ^a   Lindau Shepard, Barbara ^a   Nechamen, Cheryl A ^a   Peterson, Andrew J ^a   Schmidt, Anja ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECEPTORS, FSH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 0036370475     PISSN: 00836729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0083-6729(02)64008-7     Document Type: Review

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