The distribution of betaglycan protein and mRNA in rat brain, pituitary, and gonads: Implications for a role for betaglycan in inhibin-mediated reproductive functions

Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1066-1075

  MacConell, Leigh A ^a   Leal, Angela M O ^a   Vale, Wylie W ^a,b  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

^b SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BETAGLYCAN; BINDING PROTEIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; INHIBIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEOGLYCAN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN STEM; FEMALE; FOREBRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GERM CELL; GONAD; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; GRANULOSA CELL; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RECEPTOR INTERACTION; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS NUCLEUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEYDIG CELL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OLFACTORY NUCLEUS; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SEPTUM NUCLEUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THECA CELL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0036181288     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.143.3.8707     Document Type: Article

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