Pulsatile patterns of pituitary hormone gene expression change during development

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 124, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3484-3491

  Featherstone, Karen ^a   Harper, Claire V ^b,e   McNamara, Anne ^b,e   Semprini, Sabrina ^c   Spiller, David G ^b,e   McNeilly, Judith ^d   McNeilly, Alan S ^d   Mullins, John J ^c   White, Michael R H ^b,e   Davis, Julian R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e Faculty of Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Microscopy; Pituitary; Prolactin; Transcription

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; PROLACTIN; FIREFLY LUCIFERASE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; ENDOCRINE CELL; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYPOPHYSIS; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROLACTIN SECRETING CELL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MORPHOGENESIS; NEWBORN; PERIODICITY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELLS, CULTURED; CELLULAR MICROENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; LUCIFERASES, FIREFLY; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MORPHOGENESIS; PERIODICITY; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY HORMONES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RATS;

EID: 84855212465     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.088500     Document Type: Article

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