Rat endozepine-like peptide (ELP): cDNA cloning, genomic organization and tissue-specific expression

Gene

Volumn 235, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 51-57

  Pusch, W ^a   Jahner D ^b   Spiess, A N ^b   Ivell, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Hormon und Fortpflanzungsforschung IHF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acyl CoA binding protein; Diazepam binding inhibitor; Endozepine; Ovary; Testis

Indexed keywords

DIAZEPAM BINDING INHIBITOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; INTRON; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; MURINAE; RODENTIA;

EID: 0344348905     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00216-4     Document Type: Article

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