Evidence for a trophic action of the glycoprotein hormone α-subunit in rat pituitary

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 99-102

  Van Bael, Annemie ^a   Denef, Carl ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Laboratory of Cell Pharmacology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; Development; Glycoprotein hormone subunit; Growth factor

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SIZE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE STRUCTURE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; ISOTOPE LABELING; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL;

ANIMALS; AUTORADIOGRAPHY; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOPLASM; DNA REPLICATION; FEMALE; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RNA, MESSENGER; THYMIDINE;

EID: 0029866392     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.1996.tb00829.x     Document Type: Article

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