Evidence for an autocrine role of activin B within rat anterior pituitary cultures.

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Published in Endocrinology on March 01, 1991

Authors

A Z Corrigan1, L M Bilezikjian, R S Carroll, L N Bald, C H Schmelzer, B M Fendly, A J Mason, W W Chin, R H Schwall, W Vale

Author Affiliations

1: Clayton Foundation, Laboratories for Peptide Biology, Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA.

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