Dynamic monitoring and quantification of gene expression in single, living cells: A molecular basis for secretory cell heterogeneity

Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 599-605

  Castaño, Justo P ^a,b   Kineman, Rhonda D ^a,c   Frawley, L Stephen ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REPORTER GENE; SECRETORY CELL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BROMOCRIPTINE; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, REPORTER; LACTATION; LUCIFERASES; MICROINJECTIONS; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RATS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 0029947517     PISSN: 08888809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/me.10.5.599     Document Type: Article

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