Identification of a novel FGF, FGF-21, preferentially expressed in the liver

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression

Volumn 1492, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 203-206

  Nishimura, Tetsuya ^a   Nakatake, Yuhki ^a   Konishi, Morichika ^a   Itoh, Nobuyuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cDNA; FGF 21; Fibroblast growth factor; Gene family; Liver

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; EMBRYO; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIVER; LUNG; MOUSE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN; SPLEEN; TESTIS; THYMUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTORS; HUMANS; LIVER; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0034697846     PISSN: 01674781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4781(00)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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