Expression of the human chorionic gonadotropin-β gene cluster in human pituitaries and alternate use of exon 1

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 4212-4217

  Dirnhofer, S ^a   Hermann, M ^a   Hittmair, A ^a   Hoermann, R ^b   Kapelari, K ^a   Berger, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 0029801625     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.12.4212     Document Type: Article

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