Loss of Gq/11 family G proteins in the nervous system causes pituitary somatotroph hypoplasia and dwarfism in mice

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1942-1948

  Wettschureck, N ^a   Moers, A ^a   Wallenwein, B ^a   Parlow, A F ^b   Maser Gluth, C ^a   Offermanns, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; HETEROTRIMERIC GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; HORMONE RECEPTOR; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTRANSMITTER RECEPTOR; GROWTH HORMONE; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNIT; PEPTIDE HORMONE; PROTEIN C FOS;

ALLELE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD INTAKE; GENE FUNCTION; GENE STRUCTURE; GROWTH HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE DEFICIENCY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS FUNCTION; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PITUITARY DWARFISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN FAMILY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC CELL; STEM CELL; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; EATING; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; METABOLISM; MOUSE MUTANT; MUTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DWARFISM, PITUITARY; EATING; GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE-RELEASING HORMONE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GQ-G11; HYPOTHALAMUS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MUTATION; ORGAN SIZE; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-FOS;

EID: 14044266920     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.5.1942-1948.2005     Document Type: Article

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