A novel pituitary transcription factor is produced by alternative splicing of the human GHF-1/PIT-1 gene

Gene

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 273-275

  Delhase, Mireille ^a   Vila, Victoria ^b   Hooghe Peters, Elisabeth L ^a   Castrillo, JoséL ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

growth hormone; POU transcription factor; Recombinant DNA; tissue specific gene expression

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; INTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMAN; INTRONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PITUITARY GLAND; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0028944265     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(94)00757-J     Document Type: Article

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