Chapter 1 Molecular aspects of GnRH gene expression

Advances in Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 1, Issue C, 1997, Pages 1-30

  Clark, Melody E ^a   Lawson, Mark A ^a   Belsham, Denise D ^a   Eraly, Satish A ^a   Mellon, Pamela L ^a  

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EID: 77957113551     PISSN: 15692566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-2566(97)80032-4     Document Type: Article

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