Isolation of the alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) thyroid hormone receptor α and β transcripts and their responsiveness to thyroid stimulating hormone

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 141-150

  Helbing, Caren C ^a   Crump, Kate ^a   Bailey, Carmen M ^a   Kohno, Satomi ^b   Veldhoen, Nik ^a   Bryan, Teresa ^b   Bermudez, Dieldrich ^b   Guillette Jr , Louis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator; Estrogen receptor; Gene expression; Juvenile; Quantitative real time PCR; Reptile; Thyroid hormone receptor; Thyroid stimulating hormone; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR ALPHA; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR BETA; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLIGATOR; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STEADY STATE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

EID: 33749262129     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.05.019     Document Type: Article

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