The Human Thyrotropin β-Subunit Gene Differs in 5′ Structure from Murine TSH-β Genes

DNA

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 1988, Pages 691-699

  Guidon, Peter T ^a   Whitfield, G Kerr ^a,b   Porti, Debra ^a   Kourides, Ione A ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIOISOTOPE; THYROTROPIN;

ANIMAL CELL; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEREDITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NORMAL VALUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RAT; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ANIMAL; BASE SEQUENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXONS; HUMAN; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0024206964     PISSN: 01980238     EISSN: 15577430     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dna.1988.7.691     Document Type: Article

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