Effect of femtomolar concentrations of hormones on insulin binding by Tetrahymena, as a function of time

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 205-209

  Csaba, G ^a   Kovacs P ^a   Pállinger, Éva ^b  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Hormone binding; Hormone treatment; Insulin; Receptor sensitivity; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

ENDORPHIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; GONADOTROPIN; HISTAMINE; INSULIN; OXYTOCIN; SEROTONIN;

ARTICLE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE BINDING; INSULIN BINDING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAHYMENA;

ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ENDORPHINS; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GONADOTROPINS; HISTAMINE; HORMONES; INSULIN; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OXYTOCIN; RECEPTOR, INSULIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTONIN; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; TIME FACTORS;

CILIOPHORA; TETRAHYMENA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 40649114493     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: 10990844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1433     Document Type: Article

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