Characterization of the regulatory regions of the human aromatase (P450arom) gene involved in placenta-specific expression

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1764-1777

  Kamat, Amrita ^a   Alcorn, Joseph L ^a   Kunczt, Cheryl ^a   Mendelson, Carole R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE;

ARTICLE; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME REGULATION; EXON; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0031755729     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.12.11.0190     Document Type: Article

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