EXPRESSION OF THE PROLACTIN GENE IN HUMAN DECIDUA-CHORION
- 1 March 1983
- journal article
- other
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Endocrinology
- Vol. 112 (3) , 1133-1134
- https://doi.org/10.1210/endo-112-3-1133
Abstract
Messenger RNA (mRNA) purified from human decidua-chorion hybridizes with a 32P-cDNA probe for human prolactin. In contrast, mRNA from human trophoblast and amnion does not hybridize to prolactin cDNA. The migration position on agarose gels of prolactin-specific mRNA from human decidua-chorion is similar to that for mRNA from ovine pituitary, suggesting a similar sized mRNA coding for prolactin in these different tissues and species. These data demonstrate unambiguously that the prolactin gene is expressed in human decidua-chorion, confirming previous immunochemical reports of prolactin production by this tissue in culture.Keywords
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