Inhibition of Zac1, a new gene differentially expressed in the anterior pituitary, increases cell proliferation

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 987-996

  Pagotto, Uberto ^a   Arzberger, Thomas ^b   Ciani, Elisabetta ^a   Lezoualc'h, Franck ^a   Pilon, Catia ^d   Journot, Laurent ^c   Spengler, Dietmar ^a,c   Stalla, Günter K ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032933184     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.2.6532     Document Type: Article

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