Analysis of the structure and expression of the Augmenter of Liver Regeneration (ALR) gene

Molecular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 97-108

  Giorda, Roberto ^a   Hagiya, Michio ^b   Seki, Tatsuya ^b   Shimonishi, Manabu ^b   Sakai, Harumi ^b   Michaelson, James ^c   Francavilla, Antonio ^a   Starzl, Thomas E ^a   Trucco, Massimo ^a,d  

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

^b TOYOBO CO LTD   (Japan)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; SCATTER FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 17; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; GENE STRUCTURE; GERM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIVER REGENERATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TESTIS; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0029669186     PISSN: 10761551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03402206     Document Type: Article

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