Growth hormone mRNA expression in the pituitary of Bos indicus and Bos taurus x Bos indicus crossbred young bulls treated with recombinant bovine somatotropin

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 327-336

  Di Mauro, S M Z ^a   Furlan, L R ^a   Ferro, M I T ^a   Macari, M ^a   Ferro, J A ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bos indicus; Bos taurus; Bovine pituitary Growth hormone gene expression; Recombinant bovine somatotropin

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE, BOVINE; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS BREEDING; DOT HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ORGAN SIZE; SECRETION;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; BUBALUS;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH HORMONE; MALE; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 2442574817     PISSN: 16765680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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