Gene regulation of growth hormone-releasing hormone and its receptor

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 765-774

  Sato, Makoto ^a   Takahara, Jiro ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RECEPTOR; MESSENGER RNA; SOMATOMEDIN C;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; RAT; RECEPTOR DENSITY; REVIEW;

EID: 0031427659     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.44.765     Document Type: Review

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