Immortalization of pituitary cells at discrete stages of development by directed oncogenesis in transgenic mice

Development

Volumn 122, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3319-3329

  Alarid, Elaine T ^a,c   Windle, Jolene J ^b,d   Whyte, David B ^a,b,e   Mellon, Pamela L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

^e MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gonadotropins; Mouse; Pituitary; Targeted oncogenesis; Thyroid stimulating hormone; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; GONADORELIN RECEPTOR; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL LINE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SIMIAN VIRUS 40; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, POLYOMAVIRUS TRANSFORMING; CARCINOGENICITY TESTS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICE, TRANSGENIC; ONCOGENES; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUS MUSCULUS; SIMIAE; SIMIAN VIRUS; SIMIAN VIRUS 40;

EID: 0029846336     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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