Differentially expressed messenger RNA isoforms of the human estrogen receptor-α gene are generated by alternative splicing and promoter usage

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1939-1954

  Flouriot, Gilles ^a   Griffin, Caroline ^b   Kenealy, Maryrose ^b   Sonntag Buck, Vera ^a   Gannon, Frank ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; ENDOMETRIUM; ESTROGEN RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0031785733     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.12.12.0209     Document Type: Article

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