Morphological characterization of immortalized hypothalamic neurons synthesizing luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone

Endocrinology

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 1575-1583

  Liposits, Zsolt ^a,d   Merchenthaler, Istvàn ^a   Wetsel, William C ^a   Reid, Joanne J ^a   Mellon, Pamela L ^b   Weiner, Richard I ^c   Negro Vilar, Andrès ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; GONADORELIN ASSOCIATED PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ANIMAL; CELL LINE; CLONE CELLS; GONADORELIN; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERCELLULAR JUNCTIONS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEURONS; ORGANELLES; PROTEIN PRECURSORS;

EID: 0025991836     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo-129-3-1575     Document Type: Article

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