GPR54 and kisspeptins

Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation

Volumn 46, Issue , 2008, Pages 117-143

  Colledge, W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; KISS1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; KISS1R PROTEIN, HUMAN; LIGAND; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; MUTATION; NEOPLASM; NERVE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIGANDS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; NEURONS; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REPRODUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 43849092948     PISSN: 00801844     EISSN: 18610412     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/400_2007_050     Document Type: Article

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