The role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the regulation of cell growth and gene expression in melanotrope cells of Xenopus laevis

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-321

  Jenks, Bruce G ^a   Kuribara, Miyuki ^a   Kidane, Adhanet H ^a   Kramer, Bianca M R ^a   Roubos, Eric W ^a   Scheenen, Wim J J M ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autocrine; BDNF; DCLK short; ERK; IRES; Melanotrope; P75NTR; Pars intermedia; POMC; TrkB; MSH

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERMEDIN; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR RECEPTOR; CALCIUM; DOUBLE CORTIN LIKE KINASE SHORT; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CALCIUM MOBILIZATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS; MELANOTROPH; NONHUMAN; POMC GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SKIN COLOR; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 84862488051     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.01.001     Document Type: Review

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