LHR splicing variants and gene expression in the marmoset monkey

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 279, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 9-15

  Michel, Caroline ^a   Gromoll, Jörg ^a   Chandolia, Ramesh ^a   Luetjens, C Marc ^a   Wistuba, Joachim ^a   Simoni, Manuela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene expression; Luteinizing hormone receptor; Marmoset; Puberty; Splicing

Indexed keywords

LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PUBERTY; TESTIS; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; CALLITHRIX; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, LH; SEXUAL MATURATION; TESTIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 35648974670     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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