Expression of size-polymorphic androgen receptor gene in uterine leiomyoma according to the number of cytosine, adenine, and guanine repeats in androgen receptor alleles

Tumor Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 33-37

  Fujimoto, Jiro ^a   Hirose, Reiko ^a   Sakaguchi, Hideki ^a   Tamaya, Teruhiko ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen receptor; Cytosine, adenine and guanine repeat; Uterine leiomyoma

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLONOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; TRINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; UTERUS MYOMA; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 0033961987     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000030108     Document Type: Article

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