Differential expression of activin/inhibin subunit and activin receptor mRNAs in normal and neoplastic ovarian surface epithelium (OSE)

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 174, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 99-110

  Choi, Kyung Chul ^a   Kang, Sung Keun ^a   Nathwani, Parimal S ^a   Cheng, Kwai Wa ^a   Auersperg, Nelly ^a   Leung, Peter C K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Activin; Activin receptors; Epithelial ovarian cancer; Inhibin

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN RECEPTOR; INHIBIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GROWTH STIMULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; OVARY CANCER; OVARY CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ACTIVINS; AUTOCRINE COMMUNICATION; CELL DIVISION; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INHIBINS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0035961978     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(00)00447-0     Document Type: Article

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