Molecular cloning of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-β subunit cDNA from duck pituitary

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 388-394

  Shen, San Tai ^a   Cheng, Yi Sheng ^b   Shen, Tzu Yun ^a   Yu, John Yuh Lin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CELLULAR AND ORGANISMIC BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

cDNA Cloning; Duck; Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH); Pituitary gland; Structural model analysis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYSTEINE; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMPHIBIA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCK; FOWL; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; MAMMAL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TURTLE;

EID: 33747870231     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.03.013     Document Type: Article

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