Proopiomelanocortin processing in the anterior pituitary of the ovine fetus after lesion of the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus

Endocrinology

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2665-2673

  Bell, M Elizabeth ^a   McDonald, Thomas J ^b   Myers, Dean A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 1; SUBTILISIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADRENAL CORTEX; ARTICLE; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; FETUS; FETUS MATURITY; HYBRIDIZATION; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS PERIVENTRICULAR NUCLEUS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PARAVENTRICULAR HYPOTHALAMIC NUCLEUS; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PREGNANCY; PRO-OPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; SHEEP;

EID: 18844397851     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-1324     Document Type: Article

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