The ontogeny of hepatic growth hormone receptor and insulin-like growth factor I gene expression in the sheep fetus during late gestation: Developmental regulation by cortisol

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1650-1657

  Li, J ^a,b   Owens, J A ^c   Owens, P C ^d   Saunders, J C ^b   Fowden, A L ^a   Gilmour, R S ^b  

^a PHYSIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ADRENALECTOMY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP;

EID: 0030002822     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.5.8612497     Document Type: Article

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