Gene expression patterns of pro-opiomelanocortin-processing enzymes PC1 and PC2 during postnatal development of rat corticotrophs

Journal of Histochemistry and Cytochemistry

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 943-957

  Kato, Hidetaka ^a   Kuwako, Ken Ichirou ^a   Suzuki, Masakazu ^a   Tanaka, Shigeyasu ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

MSH; 7B2; Anterior pituitary cells; Corticotrophs; In situ RT PCR; PC1; PC2; POMC; Postnatal period

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; FURIN; MESSENGER RNA; PROHORMONE CONVERTASE 1; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASE 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BREAST CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC CELL; THYROID CELL;

ALPHA-MSH; ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROPROTEIN CONVERTASES; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3042737571     PISSN: 00221554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1369/jhc.4A6276.2004     Document Type: Article

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