Generation of estrogen receptor mutants with altered ligand specificity for use in establishing a regulatable gene expression system

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 3-12

  Whelan, James ^a,b   Miller, Nicholas ^a  

^a GLAXO INST FOR MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; EMPATHY; HUMAN EXPERIMENT;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030130576     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0960-0760(96)00010-6     Document Type: Article

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