Ectopic Agouti protein overexpression increases stimulated corticosterone production without effect on adenylate cyclase activity in mouse adrenal cells

European Journal of Endocrinology

Volumn 151, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 613-618

  Shevchenko, Antonyna Y ^a   Bazhan, Nadezhda M ^a   Makarova, Elena N ^a   Yakovleva, Tatyana V ^a   Karkaeva, Nelli R ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CYTOLOGY AND GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; AGOUTI PROTEIN; AGOUTI RELATED PROTEIN; BUCLADESINE; CELL ENZYME; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADRENAL CELL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; MALE; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADENYLATE CYCLASE; ADRENAL GLANDS; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANIMALS; BUCLADESINE; CORTICOSTERONE; CYCLIC AMP; FORSKOLIN; GENES, DOMINANT; GENOTYPE; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MUTATION; PROGESTERONE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 9444292857     PISSN: 08044643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1530/eje.0.1510613     Document Type: Article

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