Identification of unique thyrotropin receptor (TSHR) splice variants in the chicken: The chicken TSHR gene revisited

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 156, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 460-463

  Grommen, Sylvia V H ^a   Taniuchi, Shusuke ^b   Darras, Veerle M ^a   Takahashi, Sumio ^b   Takeuchi, Sakae ^b   Groef, Bert De ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternative splicing; Chicken; Gene structure; Thyrotropin receptor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHICKEN; EMBRYO; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; THYROID GLAND; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TSHR GENE; VERTEBRATE;

EID: 42649096022     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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