Expression of mPOU protein in the human pituitary adenomas

Kobe Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 5-6, 2003, Pages 117-122

  Sakagami, Yoshio ^a   Okimura, Yasuhiko ^a   Kondoh, Takeshi ^a   Iguchi, Genzo ^a   Fumoto, Mariko ^a   Kuno, Takayoshi ^a   Chihara, Kazuo ^a   Kohmura, Eiji ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Growth hormone; Immunohistochemistry; MPOU; Pituitary adenoma; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; MPOU PROTEIN; PROLACTIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BRAIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLITROPIN RELEASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSSPHENOIDAL SURGERY;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 3242767699     PISSN: 00232513     EISSN: 18830498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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