Activin subunit, follistatin, and activin receptor gene expression in the prepubertal female rat pituitary

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 278-283

  Wilson, Melinda E ^a,b   Handa, Robert J ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ESTROGEN; FOLLISTATIN; MYELOPID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PREPUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; RAT; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GLYCOPROTEINS; GROWTH SUBSTANCES; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INHIBINS; PITUITARY GLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; RATS; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0031879216     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod59.2.278     Document Type: Article

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