Evidence that brain-derived neurotrophic factor acts as an autocrine factor on pituitary melanotrope cells of Xenopus laevis

Endocrinology

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1337-1345

  Kramer, Bianca M R ^a   Cruijsen, Peter M J M ^a   Ouwens, Debbie T W M ^a   Coolen, Marcel W ^a   Martens, Gerard J M ^a   Roubos, Eric W ^a   Jenks, Bruce G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; APOMORPHINE; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; HORMONE PRECURSOR; MESSENGER RNA; SAUVAGINE; TRITIUM;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPOPHYSIS INTERMEDIATE LOBE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SECRETORY GRANULE; WESTERN BLOTTING; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0036217097     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.143.4.8721     Document Type: Article

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