Synthesis and secretion of gonadotropins including structure-function correlates

Reviews in Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 289-302

  Bousfield, George R ^a   Dias, James A ^b  

^a WICHITA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Common a subunit; FSH ; GnRH; LH ; Transcription

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN DERIVATIVE; RECOMBINANT CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; RECOMBINANT FOLLITROPIN; RECOMBINANT LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLYCOSYLATION; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84855644683     PISSN: 13899155     EISSN: 15732606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11154-011-9191-3     Document Type: Article

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