Expression of type II chorionic gonadotropin genes supports a role in the male reproductive system

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-299

  Parrott, Andrew M ^a   Sriram, Ganapathy ^b   Liu, Yijun ^b   Mathews, Michael B ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b The State University of New Jersey   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN 2; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA1 SUBUNIT; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA2 SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; FEMALE; HELA CELLS; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PREGNANCY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; REPRODUCTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

HOMINIDAE;

EID: 78751468956     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: 10985549     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.00603-10     Document Type: Article

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