Molecular biology of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH)-I, GnRH-II, and their receptors in humans

Endocrine Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 283-306

  Cheng, Chi Keung ^a,b   Leung, Peter C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUSERELIN; CETRORELIX; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DESLORELIN; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE I; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE II; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR TYPE 1; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE RECEPTOR TYPE 2; GOSERELIN; LEUPRORELIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; RHODOPSIN; TRIPTORELIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INTERNALIZATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS; STOP CODON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, LHRH; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 17044397637     PISSN: 0163769X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/er.2003-0039     Document Type: Review

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