Occurrence of immunoreactive activin/inhibin β(B) in thyrotropes and gonadotropes in the bullfrog pituitary: Possible paracrine/autocrine effects of activin B on gonadotropin secretion

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 68-76

  Uchiyama, Hideho ^a   Koda, Aya ^b   Komazaki, Shinji ^c   Oyama, Mina ^a   Kikuyama, Sakae ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SAITAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Activin; Amphibian; Immunohistochemistry; Radioimmunoassay; TSH

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN B; LUTEINIZING HORMONE;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BULLFROG; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADOTROPIN RELEASE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

EID: 0034006052     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2000.7456     Document Type: Article

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