Expression of activin A and follistatin core proteins by human prostate tumor cell lines

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 5303-5309

  McPherson, Stephen J ^a   Mellor, Sally L ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   Evans, Lee W ^b   Groome, Nigel P ^b   Risbridger, Gail P ^a  

^a Monash Inst of Repro and Devmt   (Australia)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; FOLLISTATIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0033303686     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.11.7141     Document Type: Article

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