The ontogeny of pit-1 expression in the human fetal pituitary gland

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 349-355

  Puy, Libertad A ^a   Asa, Sylvia L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Fetal pituitary; Gene expression; In situ hybridization; Pit 1

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; FOLLITROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MESSENGER RNA; PROLACTIN; THYROTROPIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; ONTOGENY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ADULT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY GLAND, ANTERIOR; PITUITARY HORMONES, ANTERIOR; PREGNANCY; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029869857     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: 14230194     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000126975     Document Type: Article

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