Endometrial transcripts of human insulin-like growth factors arise by differential promoter usage

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-19

  Roy, R N ^a   Cecutti, A ^a   Gerulath, A H ^a   Steinberg, W M ^a   Bhavnani, B R ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ENDOMETRIUM; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR II; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 0031449201     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(97)00181-0     Document Type: Article

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