The ovine pars tuberalis secretes a factor(s) that regulates gene expression in both lactotropic and nonlactotropic pituitary cells

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 4018-4026

  Morgan, Peter J ^a   Webster, Catriona A ^a   Mercer, Julian G ^a   Ross, Alexander W ^a   Hazlerigg, David G ^a   Maclean, Alison ^a   Barrett, Perry ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXIMIDE; FORSKOLIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; MELATONIN; PROLACTIN; RNA; TRYPSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL STRAIN 3T3; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; EARLY RESPONSE GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; SHEEP;

EID: 0029837292     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.9.8756579     Document Type: Article

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