The evolutionary and integrative roles of transthyrein in thyroid hormone homeostasis

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 61-73

  Schreiber, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN; LIOTHYRONINE; PREALBUMIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; THYROXINE BINDING GLOBULIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BINDING AFFINITY; BIRD; BRAIN GROWTH; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL DIVISION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTION; EXON; FISH; FUNGAL GENE; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RATE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HYDROPHILICITY; INTRON; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; NEOCORTEX; NEUROBLAST; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OPEN READING FRAME; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REPTILE; TADPOLE; VERTEBRATE; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRAIN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LIVER; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MORPHOGENESIS; PREALBUMIN; RATS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THYROID HORMONES;

EID: 0036801304     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1750061     Document Type: Article

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