Proceedings of the 1991 Laurentian Hormone Conference /

Recent Progress in Hormone Research.

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Corporate Authors: Laurentian Hormone Conference; Elsevier Science & Technology
Group Author: Bardin, C. Wayne, 1934
Published: Academic Press,
Publisher Address: San Diego :
Publication Dates: [1993]
©1993
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Series: Recent progress in hormone research ; volume 48
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780125711487
Summary: Recent Progress in Hormone Research.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xi, 553 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781483219684
1483219682
Index Number: QP187
CLC: R58
Contents: Front Cover; RecentProgress in Hormone Research; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; PREFACE; Chapter 1. Anti-Mu llerian Hormone: The JostFactor; I. Introduction; II. The AMH Molecule; III. The AMH Gene; lV. AMH Ontogeny; V. Biological Effects; VI. AMH in Clinical Practice; VII. The Persistent Mu llerianDuct Syndrome; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 2. Expression of the FSH Receptor in the Testis; I. Introduction; II. Physiological Response of Testis to FSH; III. FSH Receptor; IV. Gene for FSH Receptor; V. Expression of FSH Receptor in the Testis.
VI. Control of FSHR ExpressionVII. Summary; ACKNOWLEDGMENT; REFERENCES; Chapter 3. Differential Gene Expression from a Single Transcription Unitduring Spermatogenesis; I. Introduction; II. Calspermin; III. Calspermin and Calmodulin Kinase IV; lV. CaM Kinase lV and Calspermin mRNAs Generatedfrom Contiguous DNA; V. Changes in Calspermin and CaM Kinase IV during Germ Cell Development; VI. Conceraing the Functions of Calspermin and CaM KinaselV; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4. Retinoid Receptors; I. Introduction; II. Retinoid X Receptors; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES.
Chapter 5. The Growth Hormone/Prolactin Receptor FamilyI. Introduction; II. Classical Biological and Biochemical Actions; III. Growth Hormone, Prolactin, and the Immune System; lV. Distribution and Regulation of Receptors; V. Receptor Structure-Identification of MultipleForms; VI. Expression of Receptor Genes; VII. Mechanism of Action of Growth Hormone and Prolactin; VIII. Genetic Diseases and Models of Receptor Defects; REFERENCES; Chapter 6. Molecular Genetics of Laron-Type GH Insensitivity Syndrome; I. Introduction; II. The Growth Hormone Receptor Gene and Laron's Syndrome.
III. Decoding Structure-Function Relationships of GH-RREFERENCES; Chapter 7. Conventional and Nonconventional Uses of Growth Hormone; I. Introduction; II. Development of GH as a Pharmacologic Agent; III. Conventional Uses of Growth Hormone: To Increase Stature; IV. Non-Conventional Uses of GH: To Improve Metabolic Status; V. Potential Adverse Effects; VI. Summary; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; REFERENCES; Chapter 8. Site-Directed Mutagenesis in the Mouse; I. ES Cell Lines:Clonal Heterogeneity and Maintenance of Totipotency; II. Null Alleles Generated by Gene Targeting; III. Discussion; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.