Clock gene expression in the human pituitary gland

Endocrinology

Volumn 154, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 2046-2057

  Wunderer, Florian ^a   Kühne, Sina ^a,b   Jilg, Antje ^a   Ackermann, Katrin ^a,c   Sebesteny, Tamas ^a,d   Maronde, Erik ^a   Stehle, Jörg H ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^d JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CRYPTOCHROME 1; MESSENGER RNA; PER1 PROTEIN; PROTEIN BMAL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CLOCK;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARNTL TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; AUTOPSY; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLOCK PROTEINS; CRYPTOCHROMES; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIOD CIRCADIAN PROTEINS; PITUITARY GLAND; POSTMORTEM CHANGES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878459994     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 19457170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2012-2274     Document Type: Article

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