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OXT gene

Known as: Oxytocin/Neurophysin I Prepropeptide Gene, OXT-NPI, OT 
This gene plays a regulatory role in smooth muscle contraction during processes such as parturition and lactation.
National Institutes of Health

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Intercellular Communication ProcessMuscle ContractionNeurophysin IOxytocin

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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Identification of the vasopressin-neurophysin II and the oxytocin-neurophysin I producing neurons in the bovine hypothalamus
SummaryImmuno-enzyme histochemical investigations on the bovine hypothalamus showed that vasopressin and oxytocin are synthetized… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Changes in the Active Membrane Properties of Rat Supraoptic Neurones During Pregnancy and Lactation
To better understand the plasticity of intrinsic membrane properties of supraoptic magnocellular neuroendocrine cells associated… 
1998
1998
Density of transient K+ current influences excitability in acutely isolated vasopressin and oxytocin neurones of rat hypothalamus
1 The transient outward K+ current (ITO) was studied using whole‐cell recording in immunocytochemically identified oxytocin (OT… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Crystal structure of a bovine neurophysin II dipeptide complex at 2.8 A determined from the single-wavelength anomalous scattering signal of an incorporated iodine atom.
The crystal structure of a dipeptide complex of bovine neurophysin II has been solved at 2.8 A resolution solely by using single… 
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
A nonerythroid GATA-binding protein is required for function of the human preproendothelin-1 promoter in endothelial cells
Endothelin-1 (ET-1) is a 21-amino-acid peptide synthesized by endothelial cells that has potent vasoconstrictor activity. Human… 
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
A novel oxytocin-like and vasotocin-like peptide in human plasma after administration of estrogen.
Using three antisera to oxytocin (OT Pitt Ab-1, OT Pitt Ab-2, and TOR OT Ab), we found comparable levels of OT in response to… 
1981
1981
Immunological identification of a common precursor to arginine vasopressin and neurophysin II synthesized by in vitro translation of bovine hypothalamic mRNA.
mRNA from membrane-bound polysomes of bovine hypothalamus was translated in an mRNA-dependent cell-free system from reticulocyte… 
1973
1973
Diphosphopyridine nucleotide-linked D-lactate dehydrogenases from the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus and the seaworm, Nereis virens. I. Physical and chemical properties.
1971
1971
Radioimmunoassay of bovine neurophysin: specificity of neurophysin I and neurophysin II.
1965
1965
Levels of oxytocin in the jugular vein blood of goats during parturition.
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