The thyrotropin-releasing hormone-degrading ectoenzyme: The third element of the thyrotropin-releasing hormone-signaling system

Thyroid

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 915-920

  Heuer, Heike ^a   Schäfer, Martin K H ^b   Bauer, Karl ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTRADIOL; PEPTIDASE; PROTIRELIN; THYROID HORMONE; TRIPEPTIDE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PURIFICATION; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THYROTROPIN RELEASE;

EID: 0031764077     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.1998.8.915     Document Type: Conference Paper

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