Cloning of the gene for the thyrotropin β subunit in the Japanese crested ibis, Nipponia nippon

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 203-210

  Kawasaki, Daisuke ^a   Aotsuka, Tadashi ^b   Higashinakagawa, Toru ^a   Ishii, Susumu ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cloning; Gene; Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); Thyrotropin (TSH)

Indexed keywords

THYROTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GOLDFISH; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; GOLDFISH; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THYROTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; CARASSIUS AURATUS; IBIS; MAMMALIA; NIPPONIA NIPPON;

EID: 0037768232     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.203     Document Type: Article

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