Differential Coexpression of Genes Encoding Prothyrotropin-Releasing Hormone (Pro-TRH) and Prohormone Convertases (PC1 and PC2) in Rat Brain Neurons: Implications for Differential Processing of Pro-TRH

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1233-1241

  Pu, Le Ping ^a   Ma, Wu ^a,b   Barker, Jeffery L ^b   Loh, Y Peng ^a  

^a EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HORMONE PRECURSOR; PROTIRELIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RAT; THYROTROPIN RELEASE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; FURIN; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NEURONS; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; PYRROLIDONECARBOXYLIC ACID; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RNA, MESSENGER; SUBTILISINS; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE;

EID: 0029912294     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.4.8625894     Document Type: Article

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