Altered expression of G proteins in thyroid gland adenomas obtained from hyperthyroid cats

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 874-879

  Hammer, Kimberly B ^a   Holt, David E ^a   Ward, Cynthia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FELIS CATUS;

ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLATION FACTOR; BORDETELLA VIRULENCE FACTOR; CHOLERA TOXIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; PERTUSSIS TOXIN;

ADENOMA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; CHEMOLUMINESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPERTHYROIDISM; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SECRETION; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TUMOR; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADENOMA; ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ADP-RIBOSYLATION FACTORS; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CHOLERA TOXIN; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; PERTUSSIS TOXIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; VIRULENCE FACTORS, BORDETELLA;

EID: 0034244411     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2000.61.874     Document Type: Article

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