Regulation of pituitary inhibin/activin subunits and follistatin gene expression by GnRH in female rats

Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 210, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 71-79

  Popovics, Petra ^a,b   Rekasi, Zoltan ^a   Stewart, Alan J ^b   Kovacs, Magdolna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLISTATIN; GONADORELIN; INHIBIN B; MESSENGER RNA; MYELOPID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONE RELEASE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; INHIBIN-BETA SUBUNITS; INHIBINS; OVARIECTOMY; PITUITARY GLAND; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, LHRH; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 79960291279     PISSN: 00220795     EISSN: 14796805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/JOE-10-0485     Document Type: Article

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