Cloning and sequencing of complete thyrotropin receptor transcripts in pretibial fibroblast culture cells

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 365-370

  Wu, S L ^a   Chang, T C ^b   Chang, T J ^c   Kuo, Y F ^b   Hsiao, Y L ^b   Chang, C C ^b,d  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Graves' disease; Pretibial myxedema; Transcript fibroblast; TSH receptor

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CHEMISTRY; DNA TEMPLATE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENETICS; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYXEDEMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TIBIA;

ADULT; CELLS, CULTURED; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GRAVES DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXEDEMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, THYROTROPIN; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TEMPLATES, GENETIC; TIBIA;

EID: 0030159257     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03344971     Document Type: Article

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