Identification of two new members of the mouse prolactin gene family

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1396, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 251-258

  Müller, Heiner ^a   Orwig, Kyle E ^a   Soares, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cDNA; Prolactin family; Prolactin like protein F; Prolactin like protein G

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY PROTEINS; PROLACTIN; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032513265     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(97)00218-2     Document Type: Article

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