Characterization of the activin receptor in cultured rat hepatocytes

Hepatology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 446-450

  Zhang, You Qing ^a   Kanzaki, Makoto ^a   Mashima, Hirosato ^a   Mine, Tetsuya ^b   Kojima, Itaru ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FOLLISTATIN; HEPARIN LYASE; IODINE 125; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; LIVER CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RECEPTOR BINDING;

EID: 0029740650     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhep.1996.v24.pm0008690418     Document Type: Article

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