Somatic cell hybridization of growth hormone-producing rat pituitary cells and mouse fibroblasts results in extinction of growth hormone expression via a defect in growth hormone RNA production.
Strobl J, Dannies P, Thompson E. Somatic cell hybridization of growth hormone-producing rat pituitary cells and mouse fibroblasts results in extinction of growth hormone expression via a defect in growth hormone RNA production. Journal Of Biological Chemistry 1982, 257: 6588-6594. PMID: 6176584, DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(20)65183-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMouse GH geneGH geneHybrid cellsHybrid cell DNAHigh molecular weight precursorNon-pituitary cellsSomatic cell hybridizationMolecular weight precursorMultiple restriction enzymesStructural geneTranscript degradationMature mRNARestriction enzyme analysisIncomplete transcriptsFlanking sequencesParental cell lineTranscriptional blockRestriction enzyme digestionRNA productionSouthern hybridizationCell hybridizationMRNA sequencesFibroblasts resultsGrowth hormone expressionMouse fibroblast cellsHistidyl-proline diketopiperazine: its biological role as a regulatory peptide
Peterkofsky A, Battaini F, Koch Y, Takahara Y, Dannies P. Histidyl-proline diketopiperazine: its biological role as a regulatory peptide. Molecular And Cellular Biochemistry 1982, 42: 45-63. PMID: 6278283, DOI: 10.1007/bf00223538.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHistidyl-proline diketopiperazineCentral nervous systemAdrenal cortex membranesCyclic nucleotide levelsCNS depressionSpecific membrane receptorsCortex membranesProlactin releaseRat brainClassical neurotransmittersNervous systemPituitary cellsTRHSuch receptorsRegulatory peptidesPituitaryStereotypic behaviorImmunological methodsSpecific bindingBrainMembrane receptorsReceptorsDistribution studiesPossible mechanismNucleotide level