Differential regulation of proopiomelanocortin messenger ribonucleic acid in the pars distalis and pars intermedia of the pituitary gland after prolonged hypoxemia in fetal sheep

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 2731-2738

  Braems, Geert A ^b   Matthews, Stephen G ^b   Challis, John R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL MATURATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FETUS MEMBRANE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; HYPOXEMIA; NEGATIVE FEEDBACK; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0029929922     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.7.8770892     Document Type: Article

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