Expression of the rat BFGF antisense RNA transcript is tissue-specific and developmentally regulated

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 118, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 113-123

  Li, Audrey W ^a   Seyoum, Girma ^b   Shiu, Robert P C ^b   Murphya, Paul R ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antisense; Embryonic development; FGF; Gene expression; gfg; RNA

Indexed keywords

BASIC FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; MESSENGER RNA; POLYADENYLATED RNA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FETUS; HEART; INTESTINE; KIDNEY; LIVER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PROBE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0029919678     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0303-7207(96)03772-0     Document Type: Article

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