Human neutrophils express GH-N gene transcripts and the pituitary transcription factor Pit-1b

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4481-4484

  Kooijman, R ^a   Berus, D ^a   Malur, A ^a,b   Delhase, M ^a,c   Hooghe Peters, E L ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c San Diego   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ARTICLE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030924559     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.10.5568     Document Type: Article

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