Molecular cloning and sequence analysis of a cDNA encoding pituitary thyroid stimulating hormone β-subunit of the Chinese soft-shell turtle Pelodiscus sinensis and regulation of its gene expression

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 74-82

  Chien, Jung Tsun ^a,b   Chowdhury, Indrajit ^a   Lin, Yao Sung ^b   Liao, Ching Fong ^a   Shen, San Tai ^a   Yu, John Yuh Lin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amino acid sequence; cDNA; Chinese soft shell turtle; mRNA; Pituitary; Thyroid hormone; Thyrotropin (TSH ) subunit; TRH

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISULFIDE BOND; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TURTLE; UNTRANSLATED REGION;

EID: 33644799692     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.09.021     Document Type: Article

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