Distribution of follistatin messenger ribonucleic acid in the rat brain: Implications for a role in the regulation of central reproductive functions

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 2150-2158

  Macconell, Leigh A ^a   Barth, Sara ^a   Roberts, Veronica J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLLISTATIN; INHIBIN; MESSENGER RNA;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BETA CHAIN; BRAIN FUNCTION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOSYLATION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; RNA PROBE;

EID: 0029958799     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.5.8612560     Document Type: Article

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