Cloning and sequence analysis of pituitary prolactin cDNA from the northern brown bandicoot (Isoodon macrourus)

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 304-309

  Veitch, C ^a   Gemmell, R T ^a   Curlewis, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bandicoot; Marsupial; Molecular evolution; Possum; Prolactin; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROLACTIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MAMMAL; MARSUPIAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPOSSUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SISTER GROUP;

EID: 33646065627     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.11.006     Document Type: Article

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