Cloning of two novel mammalian paralogs of relaxin/insulin family proteins and their expression in testis and kidney

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2163-2174

  Hsu, Sheau Yu ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN DERIVATIVE; RELAXIN INSULIN LIKE FACTOR 1; RELAXIN INSULIN LIKE FACTOR 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TESTIS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033310863     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/mend.13.12.0388     Document Type: Article

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