Ontogeny of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC) gene expression and translated products adrenocorticotrophin (ACTH) and α-melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) in the ovine fetal pituitary gland

Reproduction, Fertility and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 233-239

  Hagan, D M ^a,b   Brooks, A N ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTRAZENECA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fetus; Sheep

Indexed keywords

OVIS; OVIS ARIES; ANIMALIA;

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; CORTICOTROPIN; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; HYPOPHYSIS PARS DISTALIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; SHEEP;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PITUITARY GLAND; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; RNA, MESSENGER; SHEEP;

EID: 0032321543     PISSN: 10313613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/R98061     Document Type: Article

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