Localization of activin βA-, βB-, and βC-subunits in human prostate and evidence for formation of new activin heterodimers of βC-subunit

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 4851-4858

  Mellor, Sally L ^a   Cranfield, Mark ^b   Ries, Rainer ^c   Pedersen, John ^d   Cancilla, Belinda ^a   De Kretser, David ^a   Groome, Nigel P ^b   Mason, Anthony J ^a   Risbridger, Gail P ^a,e  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Biopharm   (Germany)

^d MELBOURNE PATHOLOGY   (Australia)

^e HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN BETA A; ACTIVIN BETA B; ACTIVIN BETA C; LIGAND; MYELOPID; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; TUMOR CELL;

ACTIVINS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; INHIBINS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; PROSTATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMIDINE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034487730     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.85.12.4851     Document Type: Article

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