Gene Review:
PRLR - prolactin receptor
Gallus gallus
Synonyms:
PRL-R, PRLRb
- Characterization of unique truncated prolactin receptor transcripts, corresponding to the intracellular domain, in the testis of the sexually mature chicken. Mao, J.N., Burnside, J., Li, L., Tang, J., Davolos, C., Cogburn, L.A. Endocrinology (1999)
- Prolactin receptor gene expression in rat mammary gland and liver during pregnancy and lactation. Jahn, G.A., Edery, M., Belair, L., Kelly, P.A., Djiane, J. Endocrinology (1991)
- Double antenna structure of chicken prolactin receptor deduced from the cDNA sequence. Tanaka, M., Maeda, K., Okubo, T., Nakashima, K. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. (1992)
- Two novel first exons in the prolactin receptor gene are transcribed in a tissue-specific and sexual maturation-dependent manner to encode multiple 5'-truncated transcripts in the testis of the chicken. Tanaka, M., Yamamoto, I., Hayashida, Y., Nakao, N., Ohkubo, T., Wakita, M., Nakashima, K. Biochim. Biophys. Acta (2000)
- Development of a real-time (Q) PCR assay to measure variation in expression of prolactin receptor mRNA in the hypothalamus and pituitary gland during late embryogenesis in turkeys and chickens. Leclerc, B., Zadworny, D., B??d??carrats, G., Kuhnlein, U. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. (2007)
- Association of polymorphisms for prolactin and prolactin receptor genes with broody traits in chickens. Jiang, R.S., Xu, G.Y., Zhang, X.Q., Yang, N. Poult. Sci. (2005)
- Relationship between prolactin receptor mRNA in the anterior pituitary gland and hypothalamus and reproductive state in male and female bantams (Gallus domesticus). Ohkubo, T., Tanaka, M., Nakashima, K., Sharp, P.J. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. (1998)
- Tissue distribution of prolactin receptor mRNA during late stage embryogenesis of the chick. Yamamoto, I., Wakita, M., Tanaka, M. Poult. Sci. (2003)
- Prolactin receptor gene expression in the brain and peripheral tissues in broody and nonbroody breeds of domestic hen. Ohkubo, T., Tanaka, M., Nakashima, K., Talbot, R.T., Sharp, P.J. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. (1998)