Prolactin (PRL) and its receptor: actions, signal transduction pathways and phenotypes observed in PRL receptor knockout mice.

doi:10.1210/edrv.19.3.0334

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Prolactin (PRL) and its receptor: actions, signal transduction pathways and phenotypes observed in PRL receptor knockout mice.

Endocrine reviews - 1 Jun 1998

Bole-Feysot C, Goffin V, Edery M, Binart N, Kelly P A

Abstract excerpt

PRL is an anterior pituitary hormone that, along with GH and PLs, forms a family of hormones that probably resulted from the duplication of an ancestral gene. The PRLR is also a member of a larger family, known as the cytokine class-1 receptor superfamily, which currently has more than 20 differe...

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Animals
Mice
Mice, Knockout
Phenotype
Prolactin
Receptors, Prolactin
Signal Transduction

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