Expression of LH-α and -β subunit mRNAs in the rat placenta

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-87

  Shinozaki, Mikihiko ^a   Uchida, Hiroyuki ^a   Ikeda, Sakae ^a   Min, Kwan Sik ^a   Shiota, Kunio ^a   Ogawa, Tomoya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chorionic gonadotropin; LH; Placenta; subunit; subunit

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA;

ALPHA CHAIN; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHORIOCARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; RAT;

EID: 0030895184     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.44.79     Document Type: Article

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