The chicken pituitary-specific transcription factor pit-1 is involved in the hypothalamic regulation of pituitary hormones

Acta Veterinaria Hungarica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 455-471

  Van As, Pieter ^a,b   Janssens, K ^a   Pals, K ^a   De Groef, B ^a   Onagbesan, O M ^a   Bruggeman, V ^a   Darras, V M ^a   Denef, C ^a   Decuypere, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chicken; ggPit 1*; Pituitary cell aggregates; TRH

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PRIMER DNA; PROTIRELIN; THYROTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT 1;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; CHICKEN; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CHICKENS; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY GLAND; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; THYROTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT; THYROTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1;

EID: 33750440793     PISSN: 02366290     EISSN: 15882705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AVet.54.2006.4.4     Document Type: Article

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