A highly polymorphic CA/GT repeat in intron 3 of the human urokinase receptor gene (PLAUR)

Human Genetics

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 124-125

  Kohonen Corish, Maija R J ^a   Wang, Yao ^a   Doe, William F ^a  

^a Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA; UROKINASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INTRON; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE;

EID: 0030050098     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00218847     Document Type: Article

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