Mechanism of action of ACTH: Beyond cAMP

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 275-287

  Gallo Payet, Nicole ^a,b   Payet, Marcel D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adrenal gland; Adrenocorticotropin (ACTH); Calcium; cAMP; MC2 receptors

Indexed keywords

CELL DEATH; ENZYMES; ESTERS; PHOSPHATES;

ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIN (ACTH); CYCLIC ADENOSINE; CYCLIC ADENOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; CYTOSKELETONS; MC2 RECEPTOR; MECHANISM OF ACTION; SECOND MESSENGER; STEROID SYNTHESIS;

CALCIUM;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; CALCIUM; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; DIACYLGLYCEROL; INOSITOL PHOSPHATE; ISOPROTEIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; STEROID;

ADRENAL CORTEX FUNCTION; ADRENAL GLAND; APOPTOSIS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CYTOSKELETON; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HYPERTROPHY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; STEROID RELEASE; STEROIDOGENESIS;

EID: 0037809302     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.10337     Document Type: Review

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