Characterization of the rat, mouse, and human genes of growth/differentiation factor-15/macrophage inhibiting cytokine-1 (GDF-15/MIC-1)

Gene

Volumn 237, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 105-111

  Böttner, Martina ^a   Laaff, Martin ^a   Schechinger, Birgit ^a   Rappold, Gudrun ^a   Unsicker, Klaus ^a   Suter Crazzolara, Clemens ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gene structure; mRNA expression; Promoter; Transforming growth factor

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DELETION MUTANT; EXON; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LIBRARY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 0032819325     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00309-1     Document Type: Article

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