Rapid, efficient isolation of murine gonadotropes and their use in revealing control of follicle-stimulating hormone by paracrine pituitary factors

Endocrinology

Volumn 145, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5832-5839

  Wu, Joyce C ^a   Su, Pei ^a   Safwat, Nedal W ^a   Sebastian, Joseph ^a,b   Miller, William L ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LABORATORY CORPORATION OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN A; BINDING PROTEIN; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLITROPIN; GONADOTROPIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROLACTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; MAMMAL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; TECHNIQUE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSGENE;

ACTIVINS; ANIMALS; CELL SEPARATION; FOLLICLE STIMULATING HORMONE; FOLLISTATIN; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; PARACRINE COMMUNICATION; PITUITARY GLAND;

EID: 9444248782     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2004-0257     Document Type: Article

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