Expression of inhibitory G proteins in adenomatous thyroid glands obtained from hyperthyroid cats

American Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1478-1482

  Ward, Cynthia R ^a,c   Achenbach, Sara E ^a   Peterson, Mark E ^b   Drobatz, Kenneth J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ANIMAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP; GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; INHIBITORY GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE BINDING PROTEIN; ISOPROTEIN; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERTHYROIDISM; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID FUNCTION; THYROID HORMONE SYNTHESIS;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CYCLIC AMP; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS, GI-GO; HYPERTHYROIDISM; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 27744494792     PISSN: 00029645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2460/ajvr.2005.66.1478     Document Type: Article

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