Corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) and endocrine responses to stress: CRF receptors, binding protein, and related peptides

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-10

  Turnbull, Andrew V ^a   Rivier, Catherine ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR; HORMONE BINDING PROTEIN;

ENDOCRINOLOGY; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; SHORT SURVEY; STRESS;

EID: 0030970879     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-215-44108     Document Type: Short Survey

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