Identification of pro-EPIL and EPIL peptides translated from insulin- like 4 (INSL4) mRNA in human placenta

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3169-3172

  Bellet, Dominique ^a,b   Lavaissiere, Laurent ^b   Mock, Pascal ^b   Laurent, Anne ^b   Sabourin, Jean Christophe ^a   Bedossa, Pierre ^b,c   Le Bouteiller, Philippe ^d   Frydman, Rene ^e   Troalen, Frederic ^a   Bidart, Jean Michel ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES PHARMACEUTIQUES ET BIOLOGIQUES   (France)

^c BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^d CHU PURPAN   (France)

^e HÔPITAL ANTOINE BÉCLÈRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HLA ANTIGEN CLASS 1; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; PEPTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN;

ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOTROPHOBLAST; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN LIKE ACTIVITY; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA TRANSLATION; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; UTERUS;

EID: 9844231499     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.82.9.4359     Document Type: Article

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