Simultaneous indirect activity measurements of GH and PRL genes in the same, living mammosomatotrope

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 277, Issue 6 40-6, 1999, Pages

  Willard, Scott T ^a   Amstutz, Michael D ^a   Abraham, Elizabeth J ^a   Castaño, Justo P ^a   Leaumont, David C ^a   Faught, William J ^a   Frawley, L Stephen ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Luciferase; Pituitary cells

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; LUCIFERASE; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT; REPORTER GENE;

EID: 0033369382     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1999.277.6.e1150     Document Type: Article

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