Publications

Aizawa Y and Ishii S (2003). Cloning of complimentary deoxyribonucleic acid encoding follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone beta subunit precursor molecules in Reeves’s turtle (Geoclemys reevesii) and Japanese grass lizard (Takydromus tachydromoides). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 132: 465-473. doi:10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00103-5 Barreau C, Paillard L and Osborne HB (2005). AU-rich elements and associated factors: are there unifying principles? Nucleic Acids Res. 33: 7138-7150. doi:10.1093/nar/gki1012 PMid:16391004    PMCid:1325018 Chien JT, Shen ST, Lin YS and Yu JY (2005). Molecular cloning of the cDNA encoding follicle-stimulating hormone beta subunit of the Chinese soft-shell turtle Pelodiscus sinensis, and its gene expression. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 141: 190-200. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.12.017 PMid:15748721 Dai L, Zhao Z, Zhao R, Xiao S, et al. (2009). Effects of novel single nucleotide polymorphisms of the FSH beta-subunit gene on semen quality and fertility in bulls. Anim. Reprod. Sci. 114: 14-22. doi:10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.08.021 PMid:18829190 de Kretser DM, Buzzard JJ, Okuma Y, O’Connor AE, et al. (2004). The role of activin, follistatin and inhibin in testicular physiology. Mol. Cell Endocrinol. 225: 57-64. doi:10.1016/j.mce.2004.07.008 PMid:15451568 Dias JA, Cohen BD, Lindau-Shepard B, Nechamen CA, et al. (2002). Molecular, structural, and cellular biology of follitropin and follitropin receptor. Vitam. Horm. 64: 249-322. doi:10.1016/S0083-6729(02)64008-7 Druet T, Fritz S, Sellem E, Basso B, et al. (2009). Estimation of genetic parameters and genome scan for 15 semen characteristics traits of Holstein bulls. J. Anim. Breed. Genet. 126: 269-277. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0388.2008.00788.x PMid:19630877 Geyer CB, Inselman AL, Sunman JA, Bornstein S, et al. (2009). A missense mutation in the Capza3 gene and disruption of F-actin organization in spermatids of repro32 infertile male mice. Dev. Biol. 330: 142-152. doi:10.1016/j.ydbio.2009.03.020 PMid:19341723    PMCid:2688473 Gharib SD, Wierman ME, Shupnik MA and Chin WW (1990). Molecular biology of the pituitary gonadotrophins. Endocr. Rev. 11: 177-199. doi:10.1210/edrv-11-1-177 PMid:2108012 Jameson JL, Becker CB, Lindell CM and Habener JF (1988). Human follicle-stimulating hormone β-subunit gene encodes multiple messenger ribonucleic acids. Mol. Endocrinol. 2: 806-815. doi:10.1210/mend-2-9-806 PMid:3139991 Jarrousse AS, Petit F, Kreutzer-Schmid C, Gaedigk R, et al. (1999). Possible involvement of proteasomes (prosomes) in AUUUA-mediated mRNA decay. J. Biol. Chem. 274: 5925-5930. doi:10.1074/jbc.274.9.5925 PMid:10026217 Kikuchi M, Kobayashi M, Ito T, Kato Y, et al. (1998). Cloning of complementary deoxyribonucleic acid for the follicle-stimulating hormone-beta subunit in the Japanese quail. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 111: 376-385. doi:10.1006/gcen.1998.7123 PMid:9707483 Komoike Y and Ishii S (2003). Cloning of cDNAs encoding the three pituitary glycoprotein hormone beta subunit precursor molecules in the Japanese toad, Bufo japonicus. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 132: 333-347. doi:10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00095-9 Koura M, Handa H, Noguchi Y, Takano K, et al. (2004). Sequence analysis of cDNA encoding follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone beta-subunits in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 136: 406-410. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.01.012 PMid:15081841 Kumar S, Nei M, Dudley J and Tamura K (2008). MEGA: a biologist-centric software for evolutionary analysis of DNA and protein sequences. Brief Bioinform. 9: 299-306. doi:10.1093/bib/bbn017 PMid:18417537    PMCid:2562624 Kumar TR (2005). What have we learned about gonadotropin function from gonadotropin subunit and receptor knockout mice? Reproduction 130: 293-302. doi:10.1530/rep.1.00660 PMid:16123236 Larkin MA, Blackshields G, Brown NP, Chenna R, et al. (2007). Clustal W and Clustal X version 2.0. Bioinformatics 23: 2947-2948. doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btm404 PMid:17846036 Lawrence SB, Vanmontfort DM, Tisdall DJ, McNatty KP, et al. (1997). The follicle-stimulating hormone beta-subunit gene of the common brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecula): analysis of cDNA sequence and expression. Reprod. Fertil. Dev. 9: 795-801. doi:10.1071/R98009 Li MD, Rohrer GA, Wise TH and Ford JJ (2000). Identification and characterization of a new allele for the beta subunit of follicle-stimulating hormone in Chinese pig breeds. Anim. Genet. 31: 28-30. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2052.2000.00581.x PMid:10690358 Liao MJ, Zhu MY, Zhang ZH, Zhang AJ, et al. (2003). Cloning and sequence analysis of FSH and LH in the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca). Anim. Reprod. Sci. 77: 107-116. doi:10.1016/S0378-4320(02)00275-0 Lin CL, Jennen DG, Ponsuksili S, Tholen E, et al. (2006). Haplotype analysis of beta-actin gene for its association with sperm quality and boar fertility. J. Anim. Breed. Genet. 123: 384-388. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0388.2006.00622.x PMid:17177693 Manjithaya RR and Dighe RR (2004). The 3’ untranslated region of bovine follicle-stimulating hormone beta messenger RNA downregulates reporter expression: involvement of AU-rich elements and transfactors. Biol. Reprod. 71: 1158-1166. doi:10.1095/biolreprod.104.030130 PMid:15189830 Maurer RA (1987). Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence analysis of complementary deoxyribonucleic acid for the beta-subunit of rat follicle stimulating hormone. Mol. Endocrinol. 1: 717-723. doi:10.1210/mend-1-10-717 PMid:3155259 Maurer RA and Beck A (1986). Isolation and nucleotide sequence analysis of a cloned cDNA encoding the beta-subunit of bovine follicle-stimulating hormone. DNA 5: 363-369. doi:10.1089/dna.1986.5.363 PMid:3096676 Mountford PS, Bello PA, Brandon MR and Adams TE (1989). Cloning and DNA sequence analysis of the cDNA for the precursor of ovine follicle stimulating hormone beta-subunit. Nucleic Acids Res. 17: 6391. doi:10.1093/nar/17.15.6391 PMid:2505233    PMCid:318292 Noguchi Y, Takano K, Koura M, Uchio-Yamada K, et al. (2006). Sequence analysis of cDNA encoding rabbit follicle-stimulating hormone beta-subunit precursor protein. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 147: 231-235. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.01.001 PMid:16476428 Pesole G, Mignone F, Gissi C, Grillo G, et al. (2001). Structural and functional features of eukaryotic mRNA untranslated regions. Gene 276: 73-81. doi:10.1016/S0378-1119(01)00674-6 Pierce JG and Parsons TF (1981). Glycoprotein hormones: structure and function. Annu. Rev. Biochem. 50: 465-495. doi:10.1146/annurev.bi.50.070181.002341 PMid:6267989 Rabani M, Kertesz M and Segal E (2008). Computational prediction of RNA structural motifs involved in posttranscriptional regulatory processes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 105: 14885-14890. doi:10.1073/pnas.0803169105 PMid:18815376    PMCid:2567462 Ren DR, Ren J, Xing YY, Guo YM, et al. (2009). A genome scan for quantitative trait loci affecting male reproductive traits in a White Duroc x Chinese Erhualian resource population. J. Anim. Sci. 87: 17-23. doi:10.2527/jas.2008-0923 PMid:18599669 Saneyoshi T, Min KS, Jing MX, Nambo Y, et al. (2001). Equine follicle-stimulating hormone: molecular cloning of beta subunit and biological role of the asparagine-linked oligosaccharide at asparagine56 of alpha subunit. Biol. Reprod. 65: 1686-1690. doi:10.1095/biolreprod65.6.1686 PMid:11717129 Scammell JG, Funkhouser JD, Moyer FS, Gibson SV, et al. (2008). Molecular cloning of pituitary glycoprotein alpha-subunit and follicle stimulating hormone and chorionic gonadotropin beta-subunits from New World squirrel monkey and owl monkey. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 155: 534-541. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2007.08.004 PMid:17897645    PMCid:2277479 Schmidt A, Gromoll J, Weinbauer GF, Galla HJ, et al. (1999). Cloning and expression of cynomolgus monkey (Macaca fascicularis) gonadotropins luteinizing hormone and follicle-stimulating hormone and identification of two polymorphic sites in the luteinizing hormone beta subunit. Mol. Cell Endocrinol. 156: 73-83. doi:10.1016/S0303-7207(99)00140-9 Shen ST and Yu JY (2002). Cloning and gene expression of a cDNA for the chicken follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)- beta-subunit. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 125: 375-386. doi:10.1006/gcen.2001.7763 PMid:11884082 Shen ST, Cheng YS, Shen TY and Yu JY (2006). Molecular cloning of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH)-beta subunit cDNA from duck pituitary. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 148: 388-394. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2006.03.013 PMid:16674957 Strausberg RL, Feingold EA, Grouse LH, Derge JG, et al. (2002). Generation and initial analysis of more than 15,000 full-length human and mouse cDNA sequences. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 99: 16899-16903. doi:10.1073/pnas.242603899 PMid:12477932    PMCid:139241 Takano K, Koura M, Noguchi Y, Yamamoto Y, et al. (2004). Sequence analysis of cDNA encoding follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone beta-subunits in the Mastomys (Praomys coucha). Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 138: 281-286. doi:10.1016/j.ygcen.2004.06.009 PMid:15364211 Wimmers K, Lin CL, Tholen E, Jennen DG, et al. (2005). Polymorphisms in candidate genes as markers for sperm quality and boar fertility. Anim. Genet. 36: 152-155. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2052.2005.01267.x PMid:15771727 Xing Y, Ren J, Ren D, Guo Y, et al. (2009). A whole genome scanning for quantitative trait loci on traits related to sperm quality and ejaculation in pigs. Anim. Reprod. Sci. 114: 210-218. doi:10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.08.008 PMid:18789839 Zhang T, Kruys V, Huez G and Gueydan C (2002). AU-rich element-mediated translational control: complexity and multiple activities of trans-activating factors. Biochem. Soc. Trans. 30: 952-958. doi:10.1042/BST0300952