The tale of follitropin receptor diversity: A recipe for fine tuning gonadal responses?

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 260-262, Issue , 2007, Pages 163-171

  Sairam, M Ram ^a   Babu, P Suresh ^a  

^a CLIN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Gene regulation; Ovary; Signaling; Testis

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; CYTOKINE; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; GROWTH FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOLOGY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GLYCOSYLATION; GONAD FUNCTION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOGENESIS; TESTIS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; EXONS; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; GONADS; HUMANS; INTRONS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECEPTORS, FSH; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 33751252829     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2005.11.052     Document Type: Article

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