Regulation of pituitary follistatin and inhibin/activin subunit messenger ribonucleic acids (mRNAs) in male and female rats: Evidence for inhibin regulation of follistatin mRNA in females

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2818-2823

  Dalkin, A C ^a   Haisenleder, D J ^a   Gilrain, J T ^a   Aylor, K ^a   Yasin, M ^a   Marshall, J C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLISTATIN; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CASTRATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; MALE; MESSENGER RNA SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

EID: 0031730129     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.6.6057     Document Type: Article

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