Corticotropin-releasing hormone receptor expression and functional signaling in murine gonadotrope-like cells

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-232

  Seasholtz, Audrey F ^a,b   Öhman, Miina ^c,d   Wardani, Amale ^a   Thompson, Robert C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 1; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR RECEPTOR 2 ALPHA; CYCLIC AMP; MESSENGER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UROCORTIN II; UROCORTIN III;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LEVEL; CELL LINE; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR BLOCKING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; CYCLIC AMP; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPHS; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICE; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RECEPTORS, CORTICOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 67449162043     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JOE-08-0139     Document Type: Article

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