Cloning and characterization of human urocortin

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2167-2170

  Donaldson, Cynthia J ^a   Sutton, Steven W ^a   Perrin, Marilyn H ^a   Corrigan, Anne Z ^a   Lewis, Kathy A ^a   Rivier, Jean E ^a   Vaughan, Joan M ^a   Vale, Wylie W ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; SAUVAGINE; UROCORTIN; UROTENSIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL LOCALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 2; DNA PROBE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELEOST;

EID: 0029981998     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.5.8612563     Document Type: Article

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