Characterization of gonadotrophin-releasing hormone precursor cDNA in the Old World mole-rat Cryptomys hottentotus pretoriae: High degree of identity with the New World guinea pig sequence

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 265-268

  Kalamatianos, T ^a   du Toit, L ^a,b   Hrabovszky, E ^c   Kallo I ^a,c   Marsh, P J ^a   Bennett, N C ^b   Coen, Clive W ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Caviomorph; Guinea pig; Hystricognath; Luteinizing hormone releasing hormone; Mole rat; Phiomorph

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; PEPTIDE ANTIBODY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GUINEA PIG; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LUTETIAN; MOLE RAT; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PALEOCENE; PLESIOMORPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPRODUCTION; RNA PROBE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GUINEA PIGS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOLE RATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURONS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA PRECURSORS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 19044373190     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2005.01307.x     Document Type: Article

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