Potential Involvement of Tumor Suppressor Gene Expression in the Formation of Estrogen-Inducible Pituitary Tumors in Rats

Endocrine Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-5

  Ying, Chingwen ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diethylstilbestrol; Fischer 344 rats; Sprague Dawley rats; Tumor suppressor genes; Tumorgenesis

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CYCLIN D; CYCLINE; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN P53; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; FISCHER 344 RAT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; MALE; METABOLISM; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; CARCINOGENS; CYCLINS; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; ESTROGENS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; RATS; RATS, INBRED F344; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RETINOBLASTOMA PROTEIN; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0034138216     PISSN: 09188959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1507/endocrj.47.1     Document Type: Article

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