Molecular cloning of pituitary glycoprotein α-subunit and follicle stimulating hormone and chorionic gonadotropin β-subunits from New World squirrel monkey and owl monkey

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 155, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 534-541

  Scammell, Jonathan G ^a   Funkhouser, Jane D ^b   Moyer, Felricia S ^a   Gibson, Susan V ^a   Willis, Donna L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

N linked glycosylation; O linked glycosylation; Phylogenetic analysis; Reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA; FOLLITROPIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PITUITARY GLYCOPROTEIN ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HYPOPHYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; MONKEY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 38849163585     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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