Pit-1 gene inhibition using small interfering RNAs in rat pituitary GH secreting cell line

Acta Histochemica et Cytochemica

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 107-114

  Miyai, Shunsuke ^a   Itoh, Johbu ^a   Kajiya, Hanako ^b   Takekoshi, Susumu ^a   Osamura, Robert Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SHOWA WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gene silencing; Pit 1; RNA interference; Small interfering RNAs; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; ANTISENSE OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; GROWTH HORMONE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; TUBULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RNA INTERFERENCE; SECRETORY CELL; SOMATIC CELL;

EID: 18244386722     PISSN: 00445991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1267/ahc.38.107     Document Type: Article

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