Expression and processing of peptidylglycine alpha-amidating monooxygenase messenger RNA in rat prostate

Prostate

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-106

  Samos, Luis F ^a,b   Gkonos, Peter J ^a,b,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

neuroendocrine peptides; peptide amides

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMIDATING ENZYME; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

AMIDATION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE EPITHELIUM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EXONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HEART ATRIA; MALE; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; PITUITARY GLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROSTATE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0029795978     PISSN: 02704137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0045(199608)29:2<101::AID-PROS5>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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