Human lymphocytes express hGH-N gene transcripts of 22 kDa, 20 kDa and minor forms of GH, but not hGH-V gene

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 141, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 413-418

  Hattori, Naoki ^a   Kitagawa, Kaori ^a   Inagaki, Chiyoko ^a  

^a KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; REFERENCE VALUES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032732636     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1410413     Document Type: Article

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