A single-nucleotide polymorphism in the EAP1 gene is associated with amenorrhea/oligomenorrhea in nonhuman primates

Endocrinology

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 339-349

  Lomniczi, Alejandro ^a   Garcia Rudaz, Cecilia ^a,c   Ramakrishnan, Ranjani ^b   Wilmot, Beth ^b   Khouangsathiene, Samone ^b   Ferguson, Betsy ^b   Dissen, Gregory A ^a   Ojeda, Sergio R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SMAD3 PROTEIN; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ALLELE; AMENORRHEA; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENHANCED AT PUBERTY 1 GENE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MENSTRUAL IRREGULARITY; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMENORRHEA; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

5' FLANKING REGION; AMENORRHEA; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA PRIMERS; FEMALE; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MACACA MULATTA; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MONKEY DISEASES; OLIGOMENORRHEA; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; SMAD3 PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

EID: 84455188555     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2011-1540     Document Type: Article

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