The turkey transcription factor Pit-1/GHF-1 can activate the turkey prolactin and growth hormone gene promoters in Vitro but is not detectable in lactotrophs in vivo

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 123, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 244-253

  Weatherly, Kristy L ^a   Ramesh, Ramachandran ^a   Strange, Heather ^a   Waite, Kerry L ^a   Storrie, Brian ^b   Proudman, John A ^a   Wong, Eric A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Pit 1; Pituitary; Prolactin; Turkey

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TURKEY (BIRD);

EID: 0034846598     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gcen.2001.7680     Document Type: Article

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