Differential regulation by glucocorticoids of proopiomelanocortin mrna levels in the anterior and intermediate lobes of the rat pituitary

Endocrinology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 1982, Pages 1442-1444

  Schachter, Beth S ^a   Holscher, Myron A ^c   Baxter, John D ^b   Roberts, James L ^a   Plue, Raymond E ^d,e  

^a University College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Ellington Agriculture Center   (United States)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; MALE; METABOLISM; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; RAT; RAT STRAIN;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0020120214     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-110-4-1442     Document Type: Article

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