Pituitary estrogen receptor α and dopamine subtype 2 receptor gene expression in transgenic mice with overproduction of heterologous growth hormones

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 235-241

  Vidal, Sergio ^a   Stefaneanu, Lucia ^a   Kovacs, Kalman ^a   Yamada, Shozo ^b   Bartke, Andrzej ^c  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPAMINE 2 RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DOPAMINE BRAIN LEVEL; DOPAMINE RELEASE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PITUITARY GLAND; RECEPTORS, DOPAMINE D2; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 0033016947     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004180050353     Document Type: Article

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