Rat Placental Lactogen II Gene: Characterization of Gene Structure and Placental-Specific Expression1

• Published in: Endocrinology (Philadelphia) Vol. 139; no. 3; pp. 967 - 973
• Main Authors: Shah, Paresh, Sun, Yuxiang, Szpirer, Claude, Duckworth, Mary Lynn
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Endocrine Society 01.03.1998

Rat placental lactogen II (rPLII) was the first described member of the rat PRL-like placental gene family in which nine novel proteins have now been identified. In this article, we present data on the isolation and characterization of the rPLII gene. Two genomic clones, GC I (18.5 kb) and GC II (9....