Allelic variations in the human growth hormone-1 gene promoter of growth hormone-deficient patients and normal controls

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 474-481

  Wagner, Johann K ^b   Eblé, Andrée ^b   Cogan, Joy D ^a   Prince, Melissa A ^a   Phillips III, John A ^a   Mullis, Primus E ^b,c  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; GROWTH HORMONE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0030717152     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1370474     Document Type: Article

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