Human follistatin-related protein: A structural homologue of follistatin with nuclear localization

Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 3426-3434

  Tortoriello, Drew V ^a,d   Sidis, Yisrael ^a   Holtzman, Douglas A ^b   Holmes, William E ^c   Schneyer, Alan L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Microbia PE Inc   (United States)

^c MILLENNIUM PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

^d Ross Berrie Medical Sciences Pavilion ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN 6; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLISTATIN RELATED PROTEIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; OSTEOGENIC PROTEIN 1; SECRETORY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; CHO CELL; EXON; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE PROTEIN COMPLEX; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTRON; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEAR LOCALIZATION SIGNAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034918750     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.142.8.8319     Document Type: Article

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