Prolactin-like biological activity in the pituitary glands of the marsupial Monodelphis domestica and of the amphibian Rana pipiens detected by a colorimetric Nb2 lymphoma cell proliferation assay

Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine

Volumn 214, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 146-155

  Kacsóh, Bálint ^a  

^a MERCER UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORIMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG PURIFICATION; FEMALE; FROG; HORMONE DETERMINATION; LYMPHOMA; MARSUPIAL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; OPOSSUM; PITUITARY GLAND EXAMINATION; PROLACTIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROLACTIN RELEASE; RAT;

EID: 2542482132     PISSN: 00379727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3181/00379727-214-44081     Document Type: Article

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