Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology 1991: Vol 79 Table of Contents

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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY
Volume 79, Nos. 1-3 August 1991
CONTENTS
At the Cutting Edge
The human relaxins: consensus and dissent
G.D. Bryant-Greenwood (U.S.A.)
Placental prolactin-like proteins in rodents: variations on a structural theme
J.N. Southard and F. Talamantes (U.S.A.)
Is a sorting signal necessary to package proteins into secretory granules?
B.J. Reaves and P.S. Dannies (U.S.A.)
Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1: a role in glucose counterregulation?
M.S. Lewitt and R.C. Baxter (Australia)
Melatonin: the chemical expression of darkness
R.J. Reiter (U.S.A.)
Is tamoxifen also an anti-lactogen?
B.K. Vonderhaar and R. Banerjee (U.S.A.)
Research Papers
Partial characterization of a unique mitogenic activity secreted by rat Sertoli cells
D.J. Lamb, G.S. Spotts, S. Shubhada and K.R. Baker (U.S.A.)
Generation and characterization of antipeptide antibodies to rat cytochrome P-450 side-chain cleavage
enzyme
K.F. Roby, D. Larsen, S. Deb and M.J. Soares (U.S.A.)
Absence of lutropin (LH) receptor mRNA in the rat thyroid: further evidence for specificity cross-over at
the thyroid-stimulating hormone receptor level
P.N. Graves and T.F. Davies (U.S.A.)
Prolactin activates protein kinase C and stimulates growth-related gene expression in rat liver
P.D. Crowe, A.R. Buckley, N.E. Zorn and H. Rui (U.S.A.)
Differential modulation of thymosin genes in the immature rat ovary by gonadotropins
A.K. Hall, R. Aten and H.R. Behrman (U.S.A.)
Effects of 1,25-dihydroxycholecalciferol and calcium on calcitonin mRNA levels in suckling rats
P. Besnard, A. El M’Selmi, U. Jousset, H. Collignon and J.-M. Garel (France)
Comparison of peptidyl-glycine a-amidation activity in medullary thyroid carcinoma cells, pheochromo-
cytomas, and serum
U. Gether, L. Aakerlund and T.W. Schwartz (Denmark)
G protein modulation by estrogens
C. Bouvier, G. Lagacé and R. Collu (Canada)
Lack of involvement of arachidonic acid metabolism in chicken gonadotropin-releasing hormone II
(cGnRH-II) stimulation of gonadotropin secretion in dispersed pituitary cells of goldfish, Carassius
auratus. Identification of a major difference in salmon GnRH and chicken GnRH-II mechanisms of
action
J.P. Chang, B. Wildman and F. Van Goor (Canada)
Affinity labeling of endothelin receptors in bovine and rat lung membranes by N‘°-azidobenzoyl-'?°I-endo-
thelin-1
G.C. Kundu and K.S. Misono (U.S.A.)
Synthesis and examination of antigenicity of four hormonogenic sites and two non-hormonogenic sites of
human thyroglobulin
S. Sakata, T. Ogawa, Y. Kimata, H. Takuno, H. Maekawa, M. Matsuda, O. Tarutani and K. Okuda
(Japan)
Interactions between activin and follicle-stimulating hormone-suppressing protein and their mechanisms of
action on cultured rat granulosa cells
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Contents (continued)
Expression of porcine pro-opiomelanocortin in mouse neuroblastoma (Neuro2A) cells: targeting of the
foreign neuropeptide to dense-core vesicles
D. Chevrier, H. Fournier, C. Nault, M. Zollinger, P. Crine and G. Boileau (Canada)
Follicle-stimulating hormone signal transduction: role of carbohydrate in aromatase induction in immature
rat Sertoli cells
V. Padmanabhan, M.R. Sairam, J.M. Hassing, M.B. Brown, J.W. Ridings and I.Z. Beitins (U.5.A.,
Canada)
Studies on the regulation and characterization of plasma stanniocalcin in rainbow trout
G.F. Wagner, C. Milliken, H.G. Friesen and D.H. Copp (Canada)
Growth hormone-releasing factor does not activate protein kinase C in somatotrophs
M.B. French, B.C. Moor, B.T. Lussier and J. Kraicer (Canada)
Calcium fluxes in rat thyroid FRTL-5 cells. Evidence for Ca 2+ entry after stimulation with ATP
K. Térnquist (Finland)
Phorbol ester and vasopressin activate phospholipase D in Leydig cells
A.M. Vinggaard and H.S. Hansen (Denmark)
Thyrotropin-releasing hormone-induced cytosolic calcium transients: characterisation of store refilling in
bovine anterior pituitary cells
S.L. Shorte and J.G. Schofield (U.K.)
Corrigendum
Effect of recombinant inhibin on androgen synthesis in cultured human thecal cells
S.G. Hillier, E.L. Yong, P.J. Illingworth, D.T. Baird, R.H. Schwall and A.J. Mason (U.K., U.S.A.)
Calendar of Meetings
Rapid Papers
Either isoform of the dopamine D, receptor can mediate dopaminergic repression of the rat prolactin
promoter
R. McChesney, S.C. Sealfon, M. Tsutsumi, K.W. Dong, J.L. Roberts and C. Bancroft (U.S.A.)
A novel method to modulate desensitization and truncation of luteinizing hormone receptors using antisense
oligodeoxynucleotides
A.P. West and B.A. Cooke (U.K.)
Progesterone effect on intracellular inorganic sulphate in uterine epithelial cells
A. Mahfoudi, L. Beck, M. Nicollier, V. Coosemans and G.L. Adessi (France)
Local control of Leydig cell arginine vasopressin receptor by naloxone
A. Tahri-Joutei, C. Fillion, M. Bedin, J.-N. Hugues and G. Pointis (France)
Notes to Authors