Gender differences and hormonal modulation of G proteins Gα q/11 expression in lymphoid organs

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 147-153

  Morton, Terri L ^a   Ansari, Mansoor A ^a   Jacobson, Jill D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrous cycle; G proteins; Gonadal steroids; Gonadotropin releasing hormone; Lymphoid organs; Mice; Molecular neuroendocrinology; Neuroimmune interactions; Sex dimorphism

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; ESTROGEN; GONADORELIN; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENDER; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GONADECTOMY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; LYMPHOID ORGAN; MALE; METESTRUS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROESTRUS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PURIFICATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; ESTRADIOL; ESTROUS CYCLE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED DBA; RNA, MESSENGER; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPLEEN;

EID: 0141839823     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000072796     Document Type: Article

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