Cloning and regulation of the rat activin β(E) subunit

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 409-418

  O'Bryan, M K ^a   Sebire, K L ^a   Gerdprasert, O ^a   Hedger, M P ^a   Hearn, M T W ^b   De Kretser, D M ^a  

^a MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; MESSENGER RNA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034047789     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/jme.0.0240409     Document Type: Conference Paper

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