Regulation of c-fos expression by EGF and GnRH in specific anterior pituitary cells from proestrous female rats

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 935-943

  Armstrong, Jennifer L ^a   Childs, Gwen V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidermal growth factor; Gonadotrope; Gonadotropin releasing; Hormone; Immunocytochemistry

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GONADORELIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS GONAD SYSTEM; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; ONCOGENE C FOS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0031853858     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/002215549804600807     Document Type: Article

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