Gene expression and the physiological role of transforming growth factor-α in the mouse pituitary

Zoological Science

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 83-89

  Sharma, Seema ^a   Oomizu, Souichi ^a   Kakeya, Tomoshi ^a   Masui, Tohru ^b   Takeuchi, Sakae ^a   Takahashi, Sumio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Estrogen; Mammotroph; Pituitary; Somatotroph; Transforming growth factor (TGF )

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPLICATION; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; MALE; METABOLISM; MOUSE; OVARIECTOMY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; DNA REPLICATION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; OVARIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; RODENTIA;

EID: 0038187636     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.20.83     Document Type: Article

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