Mouse Leydig insulin-like (Ley I-L) gene: Structure and expression during testis and ovary development

Molecular Reproduction and Development

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-38

  Zimmermann, S ^a   Schottler P ^a   Engel, W ^a   Adham, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

expression; gene; Ley I L; mouse; ovary; testis

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEYDIG INSULIN LIKE PROTEIN; POLYPEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS DEVELOPMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; INSULIN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OVARY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PROTEINS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 1842297539     PISSN: 1040452X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2795(199705)47:1<30::AID-MRD5>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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