Targeted expression of human FSH receptor Asp567Gly mutant mRNA in testis of transgenic mice: Role of human FSH receptor promoter

Asian Journal of Andrology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 267-275

  Nordhoff, Verena ^a   Gromoll, Jörg ^a   Foppiani, Luca ^a,c   Luetjens, C Marc ^a   Schlatt, Stefan ^a   Kostova, Elena ^a   Huhtaniemi, Ilpo ^b,d   Nieschlag, Eberhard ^a   Simoni, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activating mutation; Follicle stimulating hormone receptor; Promoter; Sertoli cells; Transgenic mouse

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; DNA; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; GLYCINE; MESSENGER RNA; RADIOLIGAND; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN REGION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GERM CELL; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOASSAY; RECEPTOR BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION; SERTOLI CELL; SPERMATID; SPERMATOCYTE; TESTIS; TESTIS WEIGHT; TISSUE HOMOGENATE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED DBA; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTAGENESIS; ORGAN SIZE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, FSH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SERTOLI CELLS; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 0346025463     PISSN: 1008682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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