Thyroid hormone controls the onset of androgen sensitivity in the developing larynx of Xenopus laevis

Developmental Biology

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 108-123

  Robertson, John C ^a,b   Kelley, Darcy B ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; PROPYLTHIOURACIL; THYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYO; FEMALE; GERM CELL; GONAD DEVELOPMENT; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INNERVATION; LARYNGEAL NERVE; LARYNX; LARYNX CARTILAGE; MALE; METAMORPHOSIS; NEUROMUSCULAR SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINIFEROUS TUBULE; TADPOLE; THYROXINE SYNTHESIS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0030000272     PISSN: 00121606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/dbio.1996.9990     Document Type: Article

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