Expression of mRNA coding for four catecholamine-synthesizing enzymes in human adrenal pheochromocytomas

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 383-387

  Isobe, Kazumasa ^a   Nakai, Toshiaki ^a   Yukimasa, Nobuyasu ^a   Nanmoku, Toru ^a   Takekoshi, Kazuhiro ^a   Nomura, Fumio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; DOPAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENAL MEDULLA; AROMATIC-L-AMINO-ACID DECARBOXYLASES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CATECHOLAMINES; DOPAMINE BETA-HYDROXYLASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENETIC CODE; HUMANS; PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; RNA, MESSENGER; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 0031958771     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1380383     Document Type: Article

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