The regulation of prolactin receptor messenger ribonucleic acid levels in the sheep liver before birth: Relative roles of the fetal hypothalamus, cortisol, and the external photoperiod

Endocrinology

Volumn 140, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1966-1971

  Phillips, Ian D ^a,c   Anthony, R V ^b   Houghton, D C ^a   McMillen, I C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROWN RUMP LENGTH; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS LIVER; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; LIVER WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PHOTOPERIODICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033316263     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.140.5.6616     Document Type: Article

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