A Substitution in the Ligand Binding Domain of the Porcine Glucocorticoid Receptor Affects Activity of the Adrenal Gland

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Murani, Eduard ^a   Reyer, Henry ^a   Ponsuksili, Siriluck ^a   Fritschka, Stephan ^a   Wimmers, Klaus ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR FARM ANIMAL BIOLOGY FBN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; CYTOSINE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; THYMINE; VALINE;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ADRENAL GLAND; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREED; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IN VITRO STUDY; LIGAND BINDING DOMAIN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORGAN WEIGHT; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; RECEPTOR GENE; RECEPTOR SENSITIVITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SWINE;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ALLELES; ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMALS; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HYDROCORTISONE; LIGANDS; MUTATION, MISSENSE; OPEN READING FRAMES; ORGAN SIZE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID; RNA ISOFORMS; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS;

EID: 84866488057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045518     Document Type: Article

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