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Characterization of gastrin amidation in the rat and porcine antrum: comparison with the pituitary
(Elsevier, 1990-04-24)
The formation of biologically active gastrin from glycine-extended processing intermediates occurs via the action of a peptide [alpha]-amidating enzyme. The observation that gastrin exists primarily as unamidated precursors ...
Effects of serum and insulin-like growth factors on human neuroblastoma cell growth
(Elsevier, 1993-10-20)
Insulin-like growth factors (IGF-I and IGF-II) are mitogenic polypeptides expressed in both developing and adult tissues. To examine the effects of IGFs on neuronal growth, we used SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells as an in vitro ...
NF1-related locus on chromosome 15
(Elsevier, 1992-08)
A neurofibromatosis type I (NF1)-related locus has been identified on chromosome 15. It contains a partial copy of the NF1 GAP-related domain, which is known to interact with the ras protooncogenes. However, the chromosome ...
Follicle-stimulating hormone signal transduction: Role of carbohydrate in aromatase induction in immature rat Sertoli cells
(Elsevier, 1991-08)
Receptor activated adenylate cyclase acts as a major transmembrane signalling system. It is widely accepted that upon binding to its receptor, follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) activates the cAMP-dependent pathway which ...
Gene expression of the insulin-like growth factors and their receptors in cultured human retinal pigment epithelial cells
(Elsevier, 1992-01)
Insulin-like growth factors I and II (IGF I and II) are polypeptides with both growth-promoting and insulin-like metabolic effects16,27. Immunoreactive IGF I is present in the retina14 and both IGF I and II are present in ...
Refined localization of human connexin32 gene locus, GJB1, to Xq13.1
(Elsevier, 1992-06)
Connexins are the peptide subunits of gap junctions that interconnect cells to allow the direct, intercellular transfer of small molecules. Recently, the human connexin32 gene (locus designation GJB1) has been regionally ...
Short-Term Adrenalectomy Increases Glucocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid Receptor mRNA in Selective Areas of the Developing Hippocampus
(Elsevier, 1993-10)
In the central nervous system, adrenal steroids bind to two different types of corticosteroid receptors: glucocorticoid (GR) or mineralocorticoid (MR). In vitro biochemical and autoradiographic techniques have been used ...
Localization of the gene encoding R[kappa]B (NFRKB), a tissue-specific DNA binding protein, to chromosome 11q24-q25
(Elsevier, 1992-10)
Although NF (nuclear factor)-[kappa]B binds in vitro to several of the [kappa]B regulatory elements found in cellular and viral genes, another DNA binding protein, R[kappa]B, also binds to a related variant of the [kappa]B ...
Gene expression of the insulin-like growth factors and their receptors in human neuroblastoma cell lines
(Elsevier, 1992-10)
Insulin-like growth factors (IGF) I and II are polypeptides with both growth-promoting and insulin-like metabolic effects. The developmentally specific expression of IGF I and II in the nervous system implies a role for ...