Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH), GnIH receptor and cell signaling

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 190, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-17

  Ubuka, Takayoshi ^a   Son, You Lee ^a   Bentley, George E ^b   Millar, Robert P ^c,d,e   Tsutsui, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gonadotropin inhibitory hormone; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropins; GPR147; L T2 cells

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN INHIBITORY HORMONE RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; HYPOTHALAMUS RELEASE INHIBITING FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL STRAIN COS7; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; COTURNIX JAPONICA; DNA BINDING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MAMMAL; MEDIAN EMINENCE; MOUSE; NERVE PROJECTION; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SCATCHARD PLOT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

GONADOTROPIN-INHIBITORY HORMONE; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GONADOTROPINS; GPR147; LΒT2 CELLS;

ANIMALS; COS CELLS; GLYCOPROTEINS; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HUMANS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; RECEPTORS, NEUROPEPTIDE;

EID: 84882816807     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2013.02.030     Document Type: Review

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