Really old hormones up to new tricks: Glycoprotein hormone subunits may have roles in development

Endocrinology

Volumn 150, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 3446-3447

  Trudeau, Vance L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN A2; GLYCOPROTEIN B5; GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN I; GONADOTROPIN II; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA CHAIN; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; CHORDATA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; PHYLOGENY;

EID: 67651156056     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2009-0465     Document Type: Short Survey

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