Characterization of pig connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) cDNA, mRNA and protein from uterine tissue

Mitochondrial DNA

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 385-390

  Harding, Paul A ^a,b   Surveyor, Gulnar A ^a   Brigstock, David R ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alpha Genetics Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

crDNA library; CTGF; DNA sequencing; endometrium; pig; uterus

Indexed keywords

CLONED GENE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE GROWTH FACTOR; FIBROBLAST; GENE SEQUENCING; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ENDOMETRIUM; FEMALE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; IMMEDIATE-EARLY PROTEINS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PRECIPITIN TESTS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SWINE;

MAMMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0032441381     PISSN: 19401736     EISSN: 19401744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10425179809020899     Document Type: Article

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