Effect of stress and stress hormones on the hormone (insulin) binding of Tetrahymena

Cell Biochemistry and Function

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 448-451

  Csaba, György ^a   Pállinger, Éva ^a  

^a SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

GAS; Hormones; Insulin binding; Stress; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCEIN ISOTHIOCYANATE; FORMALDEHYDE; HISTAMINE; INSULIN; SEROTONIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STRESS HORMONE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAT STRESS; HORMONE BINDING; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS;

ANIMALS; FLUORESCEIN-5-ISOTHIOCYANATE; HISTAMINE; INSULIN; SEROTONIN; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TETRAHYMENA; TIME FACTORS;

TETRAHYMENA; TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 70350593830     PISSN: 02636484     EISSN: 10990844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cbf.1592     Document Type: Article

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