Expression of proopiomelanocortin and prohormone convertase-1 and -2 in the late gestation fetal sheep pituitary

Endocrinology

Volumn 139, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 5135-5143

  Bell, M Elizabeth ^b   Myers, Tami R ^c   Myers, Dean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FURIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROHORMONE CONVERTASE 1; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 2; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHEEP; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EID: 0031756445     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.139.12.6374     Document Type: Article

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