Research Catalog

Title

Transgenics in endocrinology / edited by Martin M. Matzuk, Chester W. Brown, and T. Rajendra Kumar.

Publication

Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, 2001.

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Additional Authors

• Brown, Chester W.
• Kumar, T. Rajendra.
• Matzuk, Martin M.

Description

x, 485 pages : illustrations; 26 cm.

Series Statement

Contemporary endocrinology

Uniform Title

Contemporary endocrinology (Totowa, N.J.)

Subjects

• Endocrinology
• Mice, Transgenic
• Endocrinology > Research > Methodology
• Transgenic organisms
• Organisms, Genetically Modified
• Transgenic mice
• Molecular endocrinology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• 1. Germline Genetic Engineering Techniques in Endocrinology / Albert S. Y. Chang, Michael J. Reardon and Francesco J. DeMayo -- 2. The Transgenic Mouse in Studies of Mammalian Sexual Differentiation / Deanne J. Whitworth and Richard R. Behringer -- 3. The In Vivo Function of Mullerian-Inhibiting Substance During Mammalian Sexual Development / Yuji Mishina -- 4. Control of Ovarian Function / Julia A. Elvin and Martin M. Matzuk -- 5. Mouse Models to Study the Pituitary-Testis Interplay Leading to Regulated Gene Expression / Emiliana Borrelli, T. Rajendra Kumar and Paolo Sassone-Corsi -- 6. Functional Analysis of the Bcl2 Gene Family in Transgenic Mice / Andrea J. Ross and Grant R. MacGregor -- 7. The Role of C-Kit/Kit Ligand Axis in Mammalian Gametogenesis / Peter J. Donovan and Maria P. de Miguel -- 8. Gene Knockout Approaches to Steroidogenesis / Tomonobu Hasegawa, Liping Zhao and Kathleen M. Caron / [et al.] --
• 9. The Progesterone Receptor Knockout Mouse Model: New Insights into Progesterone Action In Vivo / John P. Lydon, Selma Soyal and Bert W. O'Malley / [et al.] -- 10. Knockout and Transgenic Mouse Models that Have Contributed to the Understanding of Normal Mammary Gland Development / Tiffany N. Seagroves and Jeffrey M. Rosen -- 11. Prolactin and the Prolactin Receptor / Nelson D. Horseman -- 12. Transgenic Models for Oxytocin and Vasopressin / Larry J. Young and Thomas R. Insel -- 13. Glycoprotein Hormones: Transgenic Mice as Tools to Study Regulation and Function / Ruth A. Keri and John H. Nilson -- 14. Genetic Approaches to the Study of Pituitary Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Regulation / Daniel J. Bernard and Teresa K. Woodruff -- 15. Transgenic Analysis of the Proopiomelanocortin Neuroendocrine System / Malcolm J. Low, Marcelo Rubinstein and E. Cheng Chan --
• 16. Overexpression and Targeted Disruption of Genes Involved in the Control of Growth, Food Intake, and Obesity / Andrzej Bartke and Michael Michalkiewicz -- 17. Insulin and Insulin-Like Growth Factors: Targeted Deletion of the Ligands and Receptors / Carolyn A. Bondy and Domenico Accili -- 18. Use of Transgenic Animals in Skeleton Biology / Thomas Gunther, Mary Jo Doherty and Gerard Karsenty -- 19. Transgenic Mouse Models of Prostate Cancer / Robert J. Matusik, Naoya Masumori and Tania Thomas / [et al.] -- 20. Neural- and Endocrine-Cell Specific Immortalization Using Transgenic Approaches / T. Rajendra Kumar.

ISBN

0896037649 (alk. paper)

LCCN

00067291

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries