Comparative aspects of kisspeptin gene regulation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 181, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 197-202

  Kitahashi, Takashi ^a   Parhar, Ishwar S ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

GnRH; Kiss1; Kiss2; Receptor; Signal transduction; Transcription

Indexed keywords

KISSPEPTIN; SEX HORMONE;

GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; KISSPETIN GENE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVIEW; SEXUAL MATURATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84873060183     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.10.003     Document Type: Review

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