Heterogeneity of corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)

Japanese Journal of Physiology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 147-159

  Yasuda, Naoki ^a   Nakamura, Kazuyoshi ^a  

^a IWATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACTH; CRH; Heterogeneity; Placenta; Tissue CRF

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CORTICOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; DRUG ACTIVITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; STRESS;

EID: 0030919415     PISSN: 0021521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2170/jjphysiol.47.147     Document Type: Review

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