Gsh-1, an orphan Hox gene, is required for normal pituitary development

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 714-724

  Li, Hung ^a   Zeitler, Philip S ^a   Valerius, M Todd ^a   Small, Kersten ^b   Potter, S Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Growth defect; Homeobox gene; Hypothalamus; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

GROWTH HORMONE; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASING FACTOR; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; PEPTIDE; PROLACTIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCUATE NUCLEUS; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DWARFISM; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HOMEOBOX; HYPOPHYSIS FUNCTION; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL MORTALITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030022021     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00407.x     Document Type: Article

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