Detection of ebaf, a novel human gene of the transforming growth factor β superfamily: Association of gene expression with endometrial bleeding

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 99, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2342-2350

  Kothapalli, Ravi ^a   Buyuksal, Ibrahim ^a   Wu, Shi Qi ^b   Chegini, Nasser ^c   Tabibzadeh, Siamak ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

ebaf; endometrial bleeding; endometrium; human; TGF

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 1Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; MENSTRUATION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; UTERUS BLEEDING;

EID: 0031011733     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI119415     Document Type: Article

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