Expression of a rho guanine nucleotide exchange factor, Ect2, in the developing mouse pituitary

Journal of Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 477-482

  Islam, M S ^a,b   Tsuji, T ^a   Higashida, C ^a,b   Takahashi M , ^a   Higashida, H ^a,b   Koizumi, K ^a  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Development; EdU; Pituitary; Proliferation; RhoGEF

Indexed keywords

GUANINE NUCLEOTIDE EXCHANGE FACTOR; PROTEIN ECT2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ECT2 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ONCOPROTEIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINESIS; GROWTH RATE; HYPOPHYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MOUSE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ANIMAL; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METABOLISM; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BLOTTING, WESTERN; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 77957368799     PISSN: 09538194     EISSN: 13652826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.01962.x     Document Type: Article

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