Cloning of gonadotropin-releasing hormone i complementary DNAs in songbirds facilitates dissection of mechanisms mediating seasonal changes in reproduction

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1826-1833

  Stevenson, T J ^a   Lynch, K S ^a   Lamba, P ^b   Ball, G F ^a   Bernard, D J ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE 1; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PREOPTIC AREA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SONGBIRD;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FINCHES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOTOPERIOD; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRODUCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

EID: 63849282690     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2008-1435     Document Type: Article

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