Cloning of a novel inhibin alpha cDNA from rhesus monkey testis

Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Bernard, Daniel J ^a,b   Woodruff, Teresa K ^a   Plant, Tony M ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DIMER; FOLLITROPIN; INHIBIN; INHIBIN ALPHA; INHIBIN B; LIGAND; MESSENGER RNA; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; EXON; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHESUS MONKEY; RNA ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERTOLI CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TESTIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 18144365541     PISSN: 14777827     EISSN: 14777827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7827-2-71     Document Type: Article

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