Recessive resistance to thyroid hormone in mice lacking thyroid hormone receptor β: Evidence for tissue-specific modulation of receptor function

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3006-3015

  Forrest, Douglas ^a   Hanebuth, Elizabeth ^b   Smeyne, Richard J ^c   Everds, Nancy ^c   Stewart, Colin L ^d   Wehner, Jeanne M ^b   Curran, Tom ^e  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c HOFFMANN LA ROCHE INC   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

c erbA; Genetic disease; Thyroid hormone receptor; Transcription

Indexed keywords

THYROID HORMONE; THYROID HORMONE RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GOITER; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOPHYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR GENE; THYROID GLAND; THYROID HORMONE RESISTANCE;

EID: 0029995572     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00664.x     Document Type: Article

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