Characterization of transforming growth factors β1 and 2 in ferrets (Mustela putorius furo)

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 594-596

  Senchak, Andrew J ^a   Sato, Aileen K ^a   Vazquez, Raymond ^a   Keller, Christopher E ^a   Cable, Benjamin B ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERRET; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBGLOTTIC STENOSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; CICATRIX; DNA PRIMERS; FERRETS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRACHEA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA2; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 38049002404     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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