BAX-dependent and BAX-independent regulation of Kiss1 neuron development in mice

Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 5807-5817

  Semaan, Sheila J ^a   Murray, Elaine K ^b   Poling, Matthew C ^a   Dhamija, Sangeeta ^a   Forger, Nancy G ^b   Kauffman, Alexander S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUROPEPTIDE; PROTEIN BAX; PROTEIN KISS 1; TYROSINE 3 MONOOXYGENASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DEATH; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; MALE; MOUSE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; NEURONS; PROTEINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL MATURATION; TYROSINE 3-MONOOXYGENASE;

EID: 78649854117     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2010-0783     Document Type: Article

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