Targeted disruption of the insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 gene in mouse embryonic stem cells

Insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) play important functions in cell proliferation, differentiation and metabolism. The biological actions of IGFs are mediated through binding to the specific receptor-IGF-I receptor. However, in the circulation IGFs are associated with their binding proteins: the ins...

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Main Author: Fu, Qiang
Language:en_US
Published: 2007
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1993/1140