Identification of a serine protease involved with the regulation of adrenal growth

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 994, Issue , 2003, Pages 118-122

  Bicknell, Andrew B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adrenal; Mitogen; Pro opiomelanocortin; Pro MSH; Protease

Indexed keywords

ADRENAL SECRETORY PROTEINASE; COMPLEMENTARY RNA; CORTICOTROPIN; GAMMA INTERMEDIN; HORMONE PRECURSOR; MITOGENIC AGENT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROGAMMA INTERMEDIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN[1-52]; RECOMBINANT ENZYME; SERINE PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME PURIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GROWTH REGULATION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; ORGAN GROWTH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA GLOMERULOSA;

EID: 0038727638     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2003.tb03170.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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