Region-specific expression and hormonal regulation of the first exon variants of rat prolactin receptor mRNA in rat brain and anterior pituitary gland

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 583-593

  Nogami, Haruo ^a   Hoshino, R ^a   Ogasawara, K ^a   Miyamoto, S ^a   Hisano, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain; Messenger ribonucleic acid; Oestrogen; Pituitary gland; Prolactin receptor

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; PROLACTIN RECEPTOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; CHOROID PLEXUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; LACTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARIECTOMY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RAT; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; OVARIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PROLACTIN; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RECEPTORS, PROLACTIN; RNA, MESSENGER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34447570599     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2007.01565.x     Document Type: Article

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