IGF-binding protein-4: Biochemical characteristics and functional consequences

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 177-193

  Zhou, R ^a,b   Diehl, D ^a   Hoeflich, A ^a   Lahm, H ^c   Wolf, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HUAZHONG AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Thoraxklinik Heidelberg gGmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SOMATOMEDIN; SOMATOMEDIN B; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 1; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 2; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 3; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 4; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 5; SOMATOMEDIN BINDING PROTEIN 6; SOMATOMEDIN C;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BODY FLUID; CANCER; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TYPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOME; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; KIDNEY DISEASE; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; OSSIFICATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REPRODUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL MEMBRANE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR BINDING PROTEIN 4; KIDNEY; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; OSTEOGENESIS; OVARY; PREGNANCY; PROTEIN BINDING; RATS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SOMATOMEDINS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0042855006     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.0.1780177     Document Type: Review

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