Retention and silencing of prepro-GnRH-II and type II GnRH receptor genes in mammals

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 416-432

  Stewart, Alan J ^a   Katz, Arieh A ^b   Millar, Robert P ^a   Morgan, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

GnRH II precursor gene; Mammalian GnRH II system; Type II GnRH receptor gene

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN II; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR TYPE II; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CAT; CHIMPANZEE; COW; DNA SEQUENCE; DOLPHIN; EVOLUTION; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SILENCING; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GUINEA PIG; HORSE; HUMAN; MAMMAL; MARMOSET; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORANG UTAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSIMIAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RABBIT; RECEPTOR GENE; SCANDENTIA; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SHEEP; SHREW; SWINE; TARSIER;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; GENOME; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RECEPTORS, LHRH; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 71849099676     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000233303     Document Type: Article

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