Pituitary actions of ligands of the TGF-β family: Activins and inhibins

Reproduction

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 207-215

  Bilezikjian, Louise M ^a   Blount, Amy L ^a   Donaldson, Cindy J ^a   Vale, Wylie W ^a  

^a SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; BONE MORPHOGENETIC PROTEIN; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLITROPIN; GLYCAN; GONADOTROPIN; INHIBIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AUTOCRINE EFFECT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HISTOGENESIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLISTATIN; HUMANS; INHIBINS; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; REPRODUCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 33747635422     PISSN: 14701626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/rep.1.01073     Document Type: Review

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