The human thyrotropin receptor is highly mutable: A review of gain-of-function mutations

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 25-30

  Farid, Nadir R ^a,b   Kascur, Viktoria ^c   Balazs, Csaba ^c  

^a Osancor Biotech Inc   (United Kingdom)

^b Hemel Hempstead General Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN RECEPTOR; FOLLITROPIN RECEPTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN RECEPTOR;

CODON; DNA SEQUENCE; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SOMATIC MUTATION;

EID: 0033910867     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1430025     Document Type: Short Survey

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