The role of kisspeptin/GPR54 in the reproductive system

In Vivo

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 343-354

  Papaoiconomou, E ^a   Msaouel, P ^a   Makri, A ^a   Diamanti Kandarakis, E ^a   Koutsilieris, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; GPR54; Hypothalamus; Kiss 1; Kisspeptin; Puberty; Review; Sex steroids; Sexual differentiation; Sexual maturation

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR 54; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE;

FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENITAL SYSTEM; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 79956366883     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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