Molecular cloning, sequence analysis and expression of the snake follicle-stimulating hormone receptor

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 300-311

  Bluhm, Ana P C ^a   Toledo, Rodrigo A ^a   Mesquita, Fernando M ^a   Pimenta, Maristela T ^c   Fernandes, Flora M C ^b   Ribela, Maria Teresa C P ^b   Lazari, Maria Fátima M ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTO BUTANTAN   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bothrops jararaca; Cloning; FSH and LH receptor; Gonadotropin receptors; Snake

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP; CYSTEINE; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; LEUCINE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; EMBRYO; ENZYME ASSAY; FEMALE; FISH; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; HORMONE BINDING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIZARD; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SNAKE; TESTIS;

BOTHROPS JARARACA;

EID: 2942552276     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.03.014     Document Type: Article

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