Synthesis of leptin in human placenta

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 4501-4504

  Señarís, Rosa ^a   Garcia Caballero, Tomás ^a   Casabiell, Xesús ^a   Gallego, Rosalía ^a   Castro, Ramón ^a,b   Considine, Robert V ^c   Dieguez, Carlos ^c   Casanueva, Felipe F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INDIANAPOLIS   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNORADIOMETRIC ASSAY; PLACENTA; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0030967437     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.10.5573     Document Type: Article

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