Functional characterization of a natural variant of luteinizing hormone

Human Genetics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 219-224

  Liao, W X ^a   Goh, H H ^a   Roy, A C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROTEIN;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CHINESE HAMSTER; CHO CELL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; FEMALE INFERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE INFERTILITY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE SYNTHESIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITIN TESTS; PROGESTERONE; RECEPTORS, LH; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRANSFECTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS;

EID: 0036705559     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-002-0781-8     Document Type: Article

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