The tissue distribution of the mRNA of ghrelin and subtypes of its receptor, GHS-R, in humans

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 2988-2991

  Gnanapavan, Sharmilee ^a   Kola, Blerina ^a   Bustin, Stephen A ^a   Morris, Damian G ^a   McGee, Patrick ^a   Fairclough, Peter ^a   Bhattacharya, Satya ^a   Carpenter, Robert ^a   Grossman, Ashley B ^a   Korbonits, Márta ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

G PROTEIN COUPLED RECEPTOR; GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETAGOGUE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA;

ADRENAL GLAND; APPETITE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; PANCREAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA SPLICING; SPLEEN; STOMACH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

HUMANS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PEPTIDES; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; RECEPTORS, G-PROTEIN-COUPLED; REFERENCE VALUES; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

FALLOPIA; UNIDENTIFIED SUBTYPE;

EID: 3042735648     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.87.6.2988     Document Type: Article

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