Calcium ionophores lead to apoptotic-like changes in tilapia pituitary cells

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 19-27

  Melamed, Philippa ^a   Yaron, Zvi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Ca2+; DNA fragmentation; Fish; Gonadotrophs; GtH II; Ionomycin; Ionophore A23187; mRNA; Pituitary; Somatotrophs; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

BETA ACTIN; CALCIMYCIN; CALCIUM ION; CALCIUM IONOPHORE; DNA FRAGMENT; IONOMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMATIN CONDENSATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; INCUBATION TIME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TILAPIA;

EID: 0032943309     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.1998.7231     Document Type: Article

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