Thyrotropin-releasing hormone gene expression by anterior pituitary cells in long-term cultures is influenced by the culture conditions and cell- to-cell interactions

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2807-2812

  Peters, Anne ^a   Heuer, Heike ^a   Schomburg, Lutz ^a   De Greef, Wim J ^b   Visser, Theo J ^b   Bauer, Karl ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIMYCIN; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTIRELIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE REPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT;

EID: 0030922996     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.7.5248     Document Type: Article

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