Pushing the limits of the scanning mechanism for initiation of translation

M Kozak - Gene, 2002 - Elsevier
Selection of the translational initiation site in most eukaryotic mRNAs appears to occur via a
scanning mechanism which predicts that proximity to the 5′ end plays a dominant role in …

Estrogen regulation of growth hormone action

KC Leung, G Johannsson, GM Leong… - Endocrine …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
GH plays a pivotal role in regulating body growth and development, which is modulated by
sex steroids. A close interplay between estrogen and GH leads to attainment of …

Control of mammalian translation by mRNA structure near caps

JR Babendure, JL Babendure, JH Ding, RY Tsien - Rna, 2006 - rnajournal.cshlp.org
The scanning model of RNA translation proposes that highly stable secondary structures
within mRNAs can inhibit translation, while structures of lower thermal stability also affect …

Insulin restores GH responsiveness during lactation-induced negative energy balance in dairy cattle: effects on expression of IGF-I and GH receptor 1A

ST Butler, AL Marr, SH Pelton, RP Radcliff, MC Lucy… - 2003 - t-stor.teagasc.ie
Early lactation in dairy cattle is a period of severe negative energy balance (NEB)
characterized by reduced blood glucose and insulin concentrations and elevated blood …

Functional differences in the growth hormone and insulin‐like growth factor axis in cattle and pigs: implications for post‐partum nutrition and reproduction

MC Lucy - Reproduction in Domestic Animals, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Contents Growth hormone (GH) and insulin‐like growth factor‐I (IGF‐I) control growth and
lactation in cattle and swine. Insulin participates in the endocrinology of growth and lactation …

The role of the bovine growth hormone receptor and prolactin receptor genes in milk, fat and protein production in Finnish Ayrshire dairy cattle

S Viitala, J Szyda, S Blott, N Schulman, M Lidauer… - Genetics, 2006 - academic.oup.com
We herein report new evidence that the QTL effect on chromosome 20 in Finnish Ayrshire
can be explained by variation in two distinct genes, growth hormone receptor (GHR) and …

[HTML][HTML] Insulin increases the abundance of the growth hormone receptor in liver and adipose tissue of periparturient dairy cows

RP Rhoads, JW Kim, BJ Leury, LH Baumgard… - The Journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
After parturition, increased growth hormone (GH) secretion is important to preserve the
metabolic homeostasis of energy-deficient dairy cows. Elevated plasma GH promotes lipid …

Associations between newly discovered polymorphisms in the Bos taurusgrowth hormone receptor gene and performance traits in Holstein–Friesian dairy cattle

SM Waters, MS McCabe, DJ Howard, L Giblin… - Animal …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Variations in the growth hormone receptor (GHR) gene sequence are associated with
performance traits in cattle. For example, the single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) F279Y …

Growth hormone regulation of follicular growth

MC Lucy - Reproduction, fertility and development, 2011 - CSIRO Publishing
The somatotropic axis–consisting of growth hormone (GH), the insulin-like growth factors 1
and 2 (IGF1 and IGF2), GH binding protein (GHBP), IGF binding proteins (IGFBPs) 1 to 6 …

Endocrine effects of growth hormone overexpression in transgenic coho salmon

PA Raven, M Uh, D Sakhrani, BR Beckman… - General and …, 2008 - Elsevier
Non-transgenic (wild-type) coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch), growth hormone (GH)
transgenic salmon (with highly elevated growth rates), and GH transgenic salmon pair fed a …