In situ hybridization analysis of neuronatin mRNA in the human pituitary gland and pituitary tumors

Acta Medica et Biologica

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 25-30

  Ono, Hideko ^a,b   Morii, Ken ^a   Tamura, Tetsuro ^b   Tanaka, Ryuichi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Niigata Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization; Neuronatin; Pituitary tumors

Indexed keywords

BRAIN PROTEIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEURONATIN; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; DNA SEQUENCE; FETUS; FROZEN SECTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR;

TURCICA;

EID: 0038672094     PISSN: 05677734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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