Overexpression of a human transforming growth factor-α (TGFα) transgene reveals a dual antagonistic role of TGFα in female sexual development

Endocrinology

Volumn 135, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 1392-1400

  Ma, Ying Jun ^a,b   Dissen, Gregory A ^a   Merlino, Glenn ^c   Coquelin, Arthur ^d   Ojeda, Sergio R ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRUS CYCLE; HORMONAL REGULATION; LUTEINIZING HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPRODUCTION; RNA SYNTHESIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; STEROIDOGENESIS; THECA CELL; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 84995817399     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.135.4.7925101     Document Type: Article

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