Ontogenesis of proopiomelanocortin and its processing to β-endorphin by the fetal and neonatal rat brain

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 231-241

  Angelogianni, Panagoula ^b   Li, Hong Ling ^a   Gianoulakis, Christina ^a,c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ontogeny; Post translational processing; Proopiomelanocortin; Endorphin

Indexed keywords

BETA ENDORPHIN; BETA LIPOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; PHENYLALANINE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FETUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT;

EID: 0033768883     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000054592     Document Type: Article

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