Lactotroph hyperplasia in the pituitaries of female mice expressing high levels of bovine growth hormone

Transgenic Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 191-202

  Vidal, Sergio ^a   Stefaneanu, Lucia ^a   Thapar, Kamal ^a   Aminyar, Roya ^a   Kovacs, Kalman ^a   Bartke, Andrzej ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

Bovine growth hormone, electron microscopy; Immunocytochemistry; In situ hybridization; Pituitary; Transgenic mice

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DISEASE DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LACTOTROPH HYPERPLASIA; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; CATTLE; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPERPLASIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; ORGAN SIZE; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 0033150861     PISSN: 09628819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008958807096     Document Type: Article

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