Cloning and sequence analysis of human genomic DNA of augmenter of liver regeneration

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 275-277

  Cheng, Jun ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Zhong, Yan Wei ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Dong, Jing ^a   Yang, Ji Zhen ^a   Chen, Ju Mei ^a  

^a BEIJING 302 HOSPITAL   (China)

^b SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^e Gene Therapy Research Center   (China)

^f Inst of Infectious Diseases of PLA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HEPATOPOIETIN;

ARTICLE; EXON; HUMAN; INTRON; LIVER REGENERATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0033995407     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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