Pituitary activin receptor subtypes and follistatin gene expression in female rats: Differential regulation by activin and follistatin

Endocrinology

Volumn 137, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 548-554

  Dalkin, A C ^a   Haisenleder, D J ^a   Yasin, M ^a   Gilrain, J T ^a   Marshall, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLITROPIN; RECEPTOR SUBTYPE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIMERIZATION; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0030062370     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.137.2.8593801     Document Type: Article

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