Structure of the rat inhibin and activin β(A)-subunit gene and regulation in an ovarian granulosa cell line

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 3271-3279

  Ardekani, Ali M ^a   Romanelli, Joanna C D ^a   Mayo, Kelly E ^a,b  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; INHIBIN; MESSENGER RNA; ONCOPROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA TRANSFECTION; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GRANULOSA CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031730917     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.7.6116     Document Type: Article

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