Decreased follistatin gene expression in gonadotroph adenomas

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 3397-3403

  Penabad, Jesus L ^a   Bashey, Hildegarde M ^a   Asa, Sylvia L ^b   Haddad, Ghada ^a   Davis, Kelly D ^a   Herbst, Allison B ^a   Gennarelli, Thomas A ^a   Kaiser, Ursula B ^c   Chin, William W ^c   Snyder, Peter J ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d 611 Clinical Research Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FOLLISTATIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ARTICLE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS; ADENOMA; BASE SEQUENCE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE, BETA SUBUNIT; FOLLISTATIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEINS; GONADOTROPINS; HUMANS; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, GROWTH FACTOR; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE;

EID: 16044364243     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.81.9.3397     Document Type: Article

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