Differential expression and seasonal modulation of VGF peptides in sheep pituitary

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-107

  Brancia, Carla ^d   Nicolussi, Paola ^a   Cappai, Pietro ^c   La Corte, Giorgio ^b   Possenti, Roberta ^b   Ferri, Gian Luca ^d  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELLA SARDEGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c Ist Zootecnico/Caseario Sardegna   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GONADOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VGF PROTEIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL POPULATION; CELL SPECIFICITY; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GOLGI COMPLEX; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MODULATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROENDOCRINE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SHEEP; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNE SERA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PEPTIDE FRAGMENTS; PITUITARY GLAND; PROLACTIN; PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; SEASONS; SHEEP; THYROTROPIN;

EID: 22544468860     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/joe.1.05992     Document Type: Article

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