The double-stranded RNA-binding protein, PACT, is required for postnatal anterior pituitary proliferation

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 26, 2009, Pages 10696-10701

  Peters, Gregory A ^a   Seachrist, Darcie D ^b   Keri, Ruth A ^b   Sen, Ganes C ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenohypophysis; Development; Fertility; Hypoplasia; Pituitary expansion

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED RNA; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN KINASE R; PROTEIN PACT; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACTH SECRETING CELL; ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY SIZE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIOFACIAL MALFORMATION; EAR MALFORMATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; FEMALE; GONADOTROPIN SECRETING CELL; GROWTH HORMONE SECRETING CELL; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HOST RESISTANCE; HYPOPLASIA; INFERTILITY; INNATE IMMUNITY; MALE; MICROTIA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE; INFERTILITY; MALE; MAMMARY GLANDS, ANIMAL; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OVARY; PITUITARY GLAND; PREGNANCY; RATS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; RNA, DOUBLE-STRANDED; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 67649781990     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900735106     Document Type: Article

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