Transgenic and transcriptional studies on neurosecretory cell gene expression

Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 149-171

  Waller, Sarah Jane ^d   Ratty, Anil ^a   Burbach, J Peter H ^b   Murphy, David ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Corticotropin releasing hormone; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Growth hormone releasing factor; Hypothalamus; Nuclear hormone receptor; Oxytocin; POU proteins; Transgenic mice; Transgenic rats; Vasopressin

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GONADORELIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HORMONE RECEPTOR; NEUROPEPTIDE; ONCOPROTEIN; OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN C FOS; VASOPRESSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANXIETY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTOPIC HORMONE PRODUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; MOUSE; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; REPRESSOR GENE; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL LINE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; OXYTOCIN; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VASOPRESSINS;

EID: 0031911680     PISSN: 02724340     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022512819023     Document Type: Review

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