Disrupted murine leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) gene attenuates adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) secretion

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 3140-3143

  Akita, Sadanori ^a   Malkin, Jonathan ^a   Melmed, Shlomo ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; LEUKEMIA INHIBITORY FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE EXPRESSION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PUMP; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029894185     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.7.8770940     Document Type: Article

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