Molecular cloning and expression of the relaxin-like factor from the mouse testis

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3009-3013

  Pusch, Wolfgang ^a   Balvers, Marga ^a   Ivell, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; RELAXIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; GENE EXPRESSION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TESTIS;

EID: 0029953794     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.7.8770925     Document Type: Article

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