Phenotypic characterization of multi-functional somatotropes, mammotropes and gonadotropes of the mouse anterior pituitary

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 449, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 257-264

  Villalobos, Carlos ^a   Núñez, Lucía ^a   García Sancho, Javier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anterior pituitary; Hypothalamic releasing hormones; Intracellular calcium; Paradoxical secretion; Transdifferentiation

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; GONADORELIN; GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; PROLACTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; CALCIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GONADOTROPINS; GROWTH HORMONE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; PHENOTYPE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONES; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 11244292848     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-004-1337-7     Document Type: Article

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