Identification of a novel member of the TGF-beta superfamily highly expressed in human placenta

Gene

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 17-26

  Lawton, Lee N ^a   Bonaldo, Maria De Fatima ^a   Jelenc, Pierre C ^a   Qiu, Ling ^a   Baumes, Susan A ^a   Marcelino, Rudy A ^a   De Jesus, Gracielle M ^a   Wellington, Sandra ^a   Knowles, James A ^a,b   Warburton, Dorothy ^a,c   Brown, Stephen ^a   Soares, Marcelo Bento ^a,b  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone morphogenetic protein (BMP); Growth differentiation factor (GDF); Placenta; Transforming growth factor beta (TGF ) superfamily

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 19P; EMBRYO; EXON; FETUS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0030716303     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(97)00485-X     Document Type: Article

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