Thyrotropin expression in hypophyseal pars tuberalis-specific cells is 3,5,3'-triiodothyronine, thyrotropin-releasing hormone, and Pit-1 independent

Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 1019-1028

  Bockmann, J ^a   Bockers T M ^a   Winter, C ^a   Wittkowski, W ^a   Winterhoff, H ^a   Deufel, Th ^a,c   Kreutz, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c JENA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIOTHYRONINE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS PARS TUBERALIS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SHEEP; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0031039610     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.138.3.5007     Document Type: Article

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