Expression of endothelin precursor genes in human trophoblast in culture

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 490-496

  Robert, Brigitte ^a,c   Malassiné, André ^b   Bourgeois, Christelle ^a   Mignot, Thérèse Marie ^a   Cronier, Laurent ^b   Ferré, Françoise ^a   Duc Goiran, Paulette ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; ENDOTHELIN 2; ENDOTHELIN 3; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TROPHOBLAST;

BASE SEQUENCE; BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; CELLS, CULTURED; ENDOTHELIN-1; ENDOTHELINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA, MESSENGER; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 0029884734     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1340490     Document Type: Article

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