Expression of glucocorticoid receptor messenger ribonucleic acid transcripts in the human placenta at term

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 93, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4887-4893

  Johnson, Renée F ^a,b,c   Rennie, Natascha ^a   Murphy, Vanessa ^a   Zakar, Tamas ^a   Clifton, Vicki ^a   Smith, Roger ^a  

^a HUNTER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR BETA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR DELTA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR GAMMA; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABOR; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 57349158666     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-1077     Document Type: Article

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