Complex alternative splicing of the GH-V gene in the human testis

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 424-427

  Untergasser, G ^a,b   Hermann, M ^a   Rumpold, H ^a,b   Berger, P ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SPLICING; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TESTIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; EXONS; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TESTIS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0031728323     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1390424     Document Type: Article

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