N-terminal 10- and 12-kDa POMC fragments stimulate differentiation of lactotrophs

Peptides

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1219-1228

  Van Bael, A ^a   Vande Vijver, V ^a   Devreese, B ^b   Van Beeumen, J ^b   Denef, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Laboratory of Cell Pharmacology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

anterior pituitary; development; differentiation; lactotroph; proopiomelanocortin

Indexed keywords

GONADORELIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; HUMANS; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029906876     PISSN: 01969781     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0196-9781(96)00175-1     Document Type: Article

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