Development and survival of the endocrine hypothalamus and posterior pituitary gland requires the neuronal POU domain factor Brn-2

Genes and Development

Volumn 9, Issue 24, 1995, Pages 3122-3135

  Schonemann, Marcus D ^a,b   Ryan, Aimee K ^a   McEvilly, Robert J ^a   O'Connell, Shawn M ^a   Arias, Carlos A ^c   Kalla, Kristin A ^a   Li, Peng ^a,b   Sawchenko, Paul E ^c   Rosenfeld, Michael G ^a  

^a HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SALK INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brn 2; cell diversification; endocrine hypothalamus; neurosecretory neurons; posterior pituitary; POU domain

Indexed keywords

ARGIPRESSIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; DNA; NEUROPEPTIDE; OXYTOCIN; PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; GENE; GENE LOCUS; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MOUSE; NERVE CELL; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAOPTIC NUCLEUS; THALAMUS MIDLINE NUCLEUS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0029589456     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.9.24.3122     Document Type: Article

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