Analyses of the cDNA and genomic DNA sequences encoding the luteinizing hormone β-subunit precursor protein in the rabbit

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 514-519

  Suzuki, Osamu ^a   Koura, Minako ^a   Noguchi, Yoko ^a   Takano, Kaoru ^a   Uchio Yamada, Kozue ^a   Matsuda, Junichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL INNOVATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breed; LHB; Phylogeny; Promoters

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENOMIC DNA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BETA SUBUNIT; MESSENGER RNA; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYADENYLIC ACID;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; EXON; EXPERIMENTAL RABBIT; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; INTRON; MAMMALIAN GENETICS; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYADENYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RODENT; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECIES COMPARISON; SUPEROVULATION;

EID: 33845915217     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.09.012     Document Type: Article

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