Genetic mapping of the human pituitary-specific transcriptional factor gene and its analysis in familial panhypopituitary dwarfism

Human Genetics

Volumn 98, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 703-705

  Raskin, Salmo ^a   Cogan, Joy D ^a   Summar, Marshall L ^a   Moreno, Adolpho ^a   Krishnamani, M R S ^a   Phillips III, John A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 3P; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC LINKAGE; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS; HYPOPITUITARISM; INTRON; PITUITARY DWARFISM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ALLELES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DWARFISM, PITUITARY; FEMALE; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PIT-1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0029964808     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050289     Document Type: Article

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