Ontogeny of plurihormonal cells in the anterior pituitary of the mouse, as studied by means of hormone mRNA detection in single cells

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 611-619

  Seuntjens, E ^a   Hauspie, A ^a   Vankelecom, H ^a   Denef, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cell lineages; Development; Mouse; Pituitary; Plurihormonal cells; Single cell RT PCR

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; ACTIN; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; PHOTOPROTEIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ALPHA CHAIN; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL LINEAGE; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PERINATAL PERIOD; PHENOTYPE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ANIMAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; RAT; TIME; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; WISTAR RAT;

ACTINS; ANIMAL; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; GROWTH HORMONE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROLACTIN; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TIME FACTORS; ANIMALS; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS;

EID: 0036668070     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2826.2002.00808.x     Document Type: Article

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