A novel thyroid stimulating hormone β-subunit isoform in human pituitary, peripheral blood leukocytes, and thyroid

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 162, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 241-244

  Schaefer, Jeremy S ^a   Klein, John R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Intron; Leukocytes; Splice variant; Thyroid; Thyrotropin

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE; RNA; THYROTROPIN; THYROTROPIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; THYROTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; INTRON; LEUKOCYTE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECIES COMPARISON; THYROID GLAND;

EID: 67349213353     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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