Cloning of the genes for the pituitary glycoprotein hormone α and follicle-stimulating hormone β subunits in the Japanese crested ibis, Nipponia nippon

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 449-459

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

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

FSH ; Gene; Gonadotropin; PGH ; The Japanese crested ibis

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIRDS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GALLUS GALLUS; IBIS; MAMMALIA; NIPPONIA NIPPON; OVIS; PHASIANIDAE;

EID: 0037785263     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.449     Document Type: Article

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