Expression of human placental lactogen and variant growth hormone genes in placentas.

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Expression of human placental lactogen and variant growth hormone genes in placentas.

Archives of medical research - 1 Jan 1997

Martinez-Rodriguez H G, Guerra-Rodriguez N E, Iturbe-Cantu M A, Martinez-Torres A, Barrera-Saldaña H A

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Previous studies comparing the expression levels of human placental lactogen (hPL) genes have shown varying results, due to, perhaps, the fact that in all of them only one placenta was being analyzed. Here, the expression of hPL and growth hormone variant (hGH-V) genes in fifteen term placentas w...

Topics

Animals
COS Cells
Female
Gene Expression
Genetic Variation
Human Growth Hormone
Humans
Placenta
Placental Lactogen
Pregnancy

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