Novel expression of functional human chorionic gonadotropin/luteinizing hormone receptor gene in human umbilical cords

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 1993, Pages 1706-1714

  Rao, Ch V ^a   Li, X ^a   Toth, P ^a   Lei, Z M ^a   Cook, V D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RNA ANALYSIS; UMBILICAL CORD;

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; EICOSANOIDS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, LH; RNA, MESSENGER; UMBILICAL CORD;

EID: 0027146483     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.77.6.8263161     Document Type: Article

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