Immortalized human pituitary cells express glycoprotein α-subunit and thyrotropin β (TSHβ)

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1598-1603

  Ham, J ^a   Webster, J ^a   Bond, J A ^a   Jasani, B ^a   Lewis, M D ^a   Hepburn, P J ^a   Davies, J S ^a   Lewis, B M ^a   Wynford Thomas, D ^a   Scanlon, M F ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CYCLIC AMP; CYTOKERATIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTIRELIN RECEPTOR; THYROTROPIN; VIRUS VECTOR;

ALPHA CHAIN; ARTICLE; CALCIUM CELL LEVEL; CELL DIVISION; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CHROMOSOME 22; CHROMOSOME LOSS; DIPLOIDY; FEMALE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MONOLAYER CULTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; TETRAPLOIDY;

ANTIGENS, POLYOMAVIRUS TRANSFORMING; CELL DIVISION; CELL LINE, TRANSFORMED; EPITHELIAL CELLS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLYCOPROTEIN HORMONES, ALPHA SUBUNIT; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KARYOTYPING; KERATINS; MUTATION; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TEMPERATURE; THYROTROPIN; TRANSFECTION;

EID: 7844246543     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.5.1598     Document Type: Article

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