Ontogeny of basal and regulated secretion from POMC cells of the developing anterior lobe of the rat pituitary gland

Developmental Biology

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-109

  Lugo, Delia Ines ^a,b   Pintar, John E ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ERGOCRYPTINE; HORMONE; PEPTIDE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; EMBRYO; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS; PRECURSOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030063445     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.0009     Document Type: Article

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